Installing Appsmith on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Appsmith is an open-source web app development platform that helps you build complex applications easily. It allows you to create pages, widgets, and workflows using drag-and-drop features and pre-built templates. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Appsmith on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you need to ensure that you have the following:

  1. Fedora CoreOS Latest installed on your system.
  2. An active Internet connection

Step 1: Install Docker

The first step in installing Appsmith is to install Docker on your system. Follow these steps to install Docker:

  1. Use the following command to install the Docker package:
sudo dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
  1. Enable Docker to start at boot:
sudo systemctl enable docker.service
  1. Start Docker:
sudo systemctl start docker.service
  1. Verify that Docker is installed correctly:
sudo docker run hello-world

Step 2: Install Appsmith

Once Docker is installed, you can proceed to install Appsmith using the following commands:

  1. Create a directory to store the Appsmith files:
sudo mkdir -p /appsmith
  1. Download the latest version of Appsmith as a Docker Compose file:
sudo curl -L https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml -o /appsmith/docker-compose.yml
  1. Open the downloaded Docker Compose file using a text editor:
sudo nano /appsmith/docker-compose.yml
  1. Find the following lines in the Docker Compose file:
    environment:
      - SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/appsmith

And replace them with the following lines:

    environment:
      - SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/appsmith

  1. Save and close the Docker Compose file.

  2. Start Appsmith using Docker Compose:

sudo docker-compose -f /appsmith/docker-compose.yml up -d
  1. Verify that Appsmith is running by visiting http://localhost:8080 in a web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Appsmith on Fedora CoreOS Latest using Docker. Now, you can start building your applications using the Appsmith platform.