How to Install Web-Portal on nixOS Latest

Web-Portal is an open-source web application that provides various functionalities and dashboards. It can be installed on your nixOS Latest system in a few simple steps.

Step 1: Install Git and Nix

Web-Portal is available on GitHub, so you need Git to clone the repository. You also need Nix to manage the installation of the required dependencies. If they are not already installed, run the following command:

sudo nix-env -i git nix

Step 2: Clone the Web-Portal Repository

Now, clone the Web-Portal repository in your local system:

git clone https://github.com/enchant97/web-portal.git

Step 3: Install Required Dependencies

Web-Portal requires some dependencies to run, such as Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis. To install all these dependencies at once, you can create a Nix shell environment with the shell.nix file from the Web-Portal repository

cd web-portal
nix-shell

This command may take some time to execute as it will download and install all required packages.

Step 4: Set up the Database

Web-Portal uses PostgreSQL as the database engine. So, you need to create a new database and user for Web-Portal:

sudo -u postgres psql

CREATE USER webportal WITH PASSWORD 'webportal_password';
CREATE DATABASE webportal_db OWNER webportal;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE webportal_db TO webportal;

Then, exit the PostgreSQL prompt by typing:

\q

Step 5: Configure the Application

Web-Portal uses environment variables for configuration. So, you need to copy the .env.example file to .env and update the values in the copied file:

cp .env.example .env

Open the .env file in a text editor and set the values:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://webportal:webportal_password@localhost/webportal_db
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
SESSION_SECRET=random_string

Replace the random_string with a random string of your choice.

Step 6: Run the Application

Finally, you can run the Web-Portal application with the following command:

npm run start

This command will start the application on port 3000. You can access the application by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and run Web-Portal on your nixOS Latest system!

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