How to Install Coral on Alpine Linux Latest

Coral is a set of open-source tools for journalism and community building. It offers features such as commenting, moderation, and analytics. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Coral on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following requirements:

• A server or virtual machine running Alpine Linux Latest
• Bash shell access with sudo privileges

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

First, we need to install the necessary dependencies to build and run Coral. Run the following command:

sudo apk add --no-cache git make nodejs npm

Step 2 - Install MongoDB

Coral requires a MongoDB database to store comments and other data. We will install it using apk. Run the following command:

sudo apk add --no-cache mongodb

Start and enable the MongoDB service:

sudo rc-service mongodb start
sudo rc-update add mongodb

Step 3 - Clone Coral Repository

We need to clone the Coral repository to our server. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/coralproject/talk.git

Step 4 - Install Coral

Go to the cloned directory and install Coral using npm:

cd talk
npm install

Step 5 - Configure Coral

Coral uses environment variables to configure its settings. We will create a .env file in the talk directory and set the following variables:

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=27017
DB_NAME=talk

Step 6 - Run Coral

Now we can start Coral with the following command:

npm start

Coral will listen on port 3000. You can access it in your web browser at http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed Coral on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now configure it according to your needs and start using its features for community building and discussion on your website.