Installing OpenNote on nixOS Latest

OpenNote is an open-source web-based application for note-taking. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install OpenNote on the nixOS operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following:

• A running instance of nixOS latest version.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Installation

Follow these steps to install OpenNote on your nixOS instance:

Step 1: Install Nix Package Manager

Nix is a package manager for nixOS. If you don't have it installed, run the following command to install it:

$ sudo wget https://nixos.org/nix/install -O install-nix.sh
$ sh ./install-nix.sh

Step 2: Clone OpenNote Repository

We need to clone the OpenNote repository to access the required files.

$ git clone https://github.com/FoxUSA/OpenNote.git

Step 3: Install MySQL Database

OpenNote requires a database to store its data. We will install MySQL.

$ nix-env -i mysql

Step 4: Configure MySQL Database

Create a new database and user for OpenNote:

$ mysql -uroot -p
mysql> create database opennote;
mysql> grant all on opennote.* to 'opennote'@'localhost' identified by 'yourpassword';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> exit;

Update the OpenNote configuration file with the database credentials:

$ cd OpenNote/src/application/config
$ cp database.sample.php database.php
$ nano database.php

Replace the database details with the following:

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost';
$db['default']['username'] = 'opennote';
$db['default']['password'] = 'yourpassword';
$db['default']['database'] = 'opennote';

Step 5: Install Apache HTTP Server

OpenNote is a web-based application, so we need to install an HTTP server. We will install Apache.

$ nix-env -i apache

Step 6: Configure Apache HTTP Server

We need to create a virtual host for OpenNote:

$ cd /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/
$ nano opennote.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomainname.com
    ServerAlias www.yourdomainname.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/OpenNote
    <Directory "/path/to/OpenNote">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and exit the file.

Step 7: Restart Apache HTTP Server

Run the following command to restart the Apache server with the new configuration:

$ sudo systemctl restart apache

Step 8: Access OpenNote

Open a web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://yourdomainname.com

You should see the OpenNote web interface. Login with the default username and password:

Username: admin
Password: admin123

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install OpenNote on nixOS latest version. You can now start using OpenNote to manage your notes.

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