How to Install Olaris on nixOS Latest

Olaris is an open-source server software for managing and analyzing acoustic data. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Olaris on nixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Olaris, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Install Git

First, you need to install Git, a version control system, to clone Olaris's source code from GitLab:

sudo nix-env -i git

Step 2: Clone Olaris

Next, clone Olaris's source code from GitLab using Git:

git clone https://gitlab.com/olaris/olaris-server.git

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Before building and installing Olaris, we need to install its dependencies. In this tutorial, we will use Nix package manager to install dependencies:

nix-shell -p nodejs-14_x yarn

Step 4: Build and Install Olaris

After installing the dependencies, we can build and install Olaris:

cd olaris-server
yarn install
yarn build
sudo ./install.sh

The install.sh script will install Olaris as a systemd service.

Step 5: Enable Olaris Service

Finally, enable Olaris service to start automatically on system boot:

sudo systemctl enable olaris.service

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Olaris on nixOS Latest. You can now start Olaris service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start olaris.service

To check the status of Olaris service, run:

sudo systemctl status olaris.service

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