Tracks is a web-based application for managing your personal information like to-dos, notes, bookmarks, and more. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Tracks on NixOS Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the latest version of NixOS installed on your system.
Open the terminal on your NixOS system.
Run the following command to update the system:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
sudo useradd -s /bin/false -r -m -d /var/lib/tracks tracks
su - tracks
git clone https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks.git
cd tracks/
nix-shell --run 'bundle install'
nix-shell --run 'rake db:create'
nix-shell --run 'rake db:migrate'
nix-shell --run 'rake db:seed'
Exit the tracks user account by running the exit
command.
Open the /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
file using your preferred editor.
Add the following lines to the file to enable the Tracks service:
services.tracks.enable = true;
services.tracks.database = {
adapter = "postgresql";
database = "tracks";
user = "tracks";
password = "your_password";
};
Replace your_password
with a strong database password.
Run the following command to rebuild the system:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
sudo systemctl start tracks
sudo systemctl status tracks
You should see output similar to the following:
tracks.service - Tracks Web Application
Loaded: loaded (/nix/store/[...]/tracks.service; enabled; vendor preset: nixos)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-11-01 10:48:47 UTC; 7s ago
Process: 12345 ExecStart=/nix/store/[...]/bin/ruby [...] (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 12346 (ruby)
Tasks: 17 (limit: 1169)
Memory: 58.9M
CGroup: /system.slice/tracks.service
└─12346 /nix/store/[...]/bin/ruby [...]
Nov 01 10:48:47 nixos systemd[1]: Started Tracks Web Application
http://localhost:3000
in your web browser to access the Tracks application.Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tracks on NixOS Latest.
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