Payload CMS is a powerful and versatile content management system (CMS) that allows you to easily create, manage and publish your web content. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Payload CMS on the latest version of NixOS.
The first step is to ensure that your package manager is up to date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update
Payload CMS requires Node.js and MongoDB to run. You can install both of these dependencies using the package manager with the following command:
sudo nix-env -i nodejs mongodb
The next step is to install Payload CMS. You can do this by downloading and extracting the source code from the official Payload CMS website.
curl -Lo payloadcms.tar.gz https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/download/v2.1.0/payload-v2.1.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf payloadcms.tar.gz
Before starting Payload CMS, you need to start the MongoDB database service. You can do this with the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
Payload CMS comes with a default configuration file, but you can create your own configuration file to customize its behavior. You can create a configuration file at /etc/payload.config.json
, and modify the necessary settings.
{
"mongoUrl": "mongodb://localhost:27017/payload",
"port": 3000,
"jwtSecret": "my-jwt-secret"
}
Now that you have installed and configured Payload CMS, you can start it with the following command:
npm start
By default, Payload CMS listens on port 3000. You can access the CMS by going to http://localhost:3000
in your web browser.
To ensure that your Payload CMS service starts automatically on boot, create a systemd service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/payload.service
Then add the following contents:
[Unit]
Description=Payload CMS Service
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/payload
User=nobody
Group=nogroup
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then enable and start the service:
sudo systemctl enable payload.service
sudo systemctl start payload.service
You have now successfully installed Payload CMS on NixOS and started it as a service. You can customize the CMS further to suit your needs by modifying its configuration file. Happy content creation!
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