How to Install WriteFreely on Alpine Linux Latest

WriteFreely is a free, open-source blogging platform that allows you to create and publish your thoughts online. In this tutorial, we will be using Alpine Linux latest distribution to install WriteFreely.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

A running instance of Alpine Linux latest installed on your server
Root access with sudo privileges
A valid domain name that will be used to access your WriteFreely instance

Install Dependencies

Before we can install WriteFreely, we need to install some dependencies required by the platform. To do this, run the following commands:

sudo apk add git curl make
sudo apk add gcc libgcc libstdc++ musl-dev
sudo apk add nodejs npm

Install WriteFreely

Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed to install WriteFreely.

Clone the WriteFreely Repository

The first step in installing WriteFreely is to clone the repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/writeas/writefreely.git

Install WriteFreely Dependencies

Once we have successfully cloned the WriteFreely repository, navigate to the directory and install the dependencies using the following commands:

cd writefreely
make deps

Build WriteFreely

Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed to build the binary of WriteFreely using the following command:

make build

Configure and Run WriteFreely

Finally, we are ready to configure and run WriteFreely. To do this, we need to create a configuration file for WriteFreely using the following command:

./writefreely --config

This command will create a configuration file at /etc/writefreely/config.ini. Edit the config.ini file and set the following configuration parameters:

[server]
domain = example.com
protocol = https
relativeurls = false
port = 80

[database]
dialect = sqlite3
filepath = ./data/writefreely.db

[app]
adminname = admin
adminpass = password123
siteurl = http://example.com

Set your domain name and protocol according to your preferences. Change the adminname and adminpass to your preferred admin credentials. Finally, set the siteurl parameter to your domain name.

After configuring the config.ini file, we can now run WriteFreely using the following command:

./writefreely

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have successfully installed WriteFreely on Alpine Linux latest. You can now start using WriteFreely to create and publish your thoughts online. Happy blogging!