How to Install Thredded on Alpine Linux

Thredded is a message board for your Rails application. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Thredded on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed:

  • Ruby version 2.3 or higher
  • Rails version 5 or higher
  • PostgreSQL version 9.4 or higher
  • Git

Step 1: Update Packages

First, let’s update our packages using the package manager:

apk update && apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before we can install Thredded, we need to install the necessary dependencies for our application:

apk add build-base libxml2-dev libxslt-dev nodejs tzdata postgresql-dev

Step 3: Install Thredded

Now, we can install Thredded on our Alpine Linux using the Git command:

git clone https://github.com/thredded/thredded.git

Once the clone completes, CD into the Thredded directory:

cd thredded

Next, install all the gems and their dependencies by executing the following command:

bundle install --without development test

Step 4: Create the Database

Before running Thredded, we need to create a database for it. Run the following command to create the database:

rake db:create

Step 5: Run Migrations

After creating the database, we need to run the database migrations to set up the database schema:

rake db:migrate

Step 6: Start the Server

We can start the server by executing the command below:

rails server

Once the server starts successfully, you can access Thredded in your browser using the address http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thredded on Alpine Linux.