WriteFreely is a free, open-source blogging platform that allows users to create and publish blog posts. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install WriteFreely on NixOS Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have:
WriteFreely requires Nix package manager to be installed on your system. If Nix is not installed on your system, you can install it by running the following command:
$ sudo sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
Next, clone the WriteFreely repository using git by running the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/writeas/writefreely.git
This will create a new 'writefreely' directory in your current working directory.
Change your working directory to the 'writefreely' directory:
$ cd writefreely
Inside the 'writefreely' directory, you will find the 'conf' directory which contains the configuration files for WriteFreely. You can modify the 'config.ini' file to configure these settings. For instance, you can change the database settings, overall blog settings and enable/disable features.
Run the following command to build and install WriteFreely:
$ nix-build nix/writefreely.nix -A binary -o build
This will build and install the binary to the 'build' directory in the current working directory.
Start WriteFreely by running the following command:
$ ./build/writefreely -c conf/config.ini
This should start the WriteFreely server and you should be able to access it by going to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
That's it! You have successfully installed WriteFreely on NixOS Latest. You can now start creating and publishing blog posts on your very own blogging platform.
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