changedetection.io is an open source tool that allows you to monitor websites and detect any changes made to them. It is a useful tool for web developers or anyone who needs to keep track of changes made to a web page. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of changedetection.io on nixOS Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
To clone the repository of changedetection.io, use the following command:
git clone https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io.git
To install the dependencies required for changedetection.io, use the following command:
nix-shell -p python3 python3Packages.pip postgresql10 --run "pip3 install -r requirements.txt"
Create a PostgreSQL database for changedetection.io using the following command:
sudo -u postgres createdb changedetection
To configure the application, copy the config.dist.py file to config.py:
cp config.dist.py config.py
Then, edit the file config.py and set the DATABASE_URL variable to the following value:
DATABASE_URL = 'postgresql://postgres@localhost/changedetection'
To build the application, run the following command:
./manage.py build
This will create the necessary folders and files for the application.
To run the application, use the following command:
./manage.py run
This will start the application and it will be accessible through a web browser using the URL http://localhost:8888.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install changedetection.io on nixOS Latest. Now you can use this tool to monitor websites and detect any changes made to them.
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