How to Install Selfoss on Fedora CoreOS (Latest)

Selfoss is an open-source, web-based RSS reader and aggregator, which allows you to read and manage RSS news feeds from different sources in a single location. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Selfoss on Fedora CoreOS (Latest).

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need:

• A Fedora CoreOS (Latest) instance
• SSH access to the instance
• Administrative privileges or sudo access
• A web browser to access Selfoss

Step 1 - Install PHP

Selfoss requires PHP to run. Fedora CoreOS comes with PHP already installed, but if it is not, install it using the following command:

sudo dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-dom php-fpm

Step 2 - Install MySQL

Selfoss requires a MySQL database to store its data. To install MySQL on Fedora CoreOS, use the following command:

sudo dnf install mysql-server

Once installed, start the MySQL service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start mysqld

Step 3 - Create a MySQL database and user

Now you need to create a database and a user for Selfoss. Connect to the MySQL server as the root user using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root

Next, run the following commands to create a database and a user:

CREATE DATABASE selfoss;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON selfoss.* TO 'selfossuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Note: Replace 'your-password' with a strong password for the Selfoss user.

Step 4 - Download and extract Selfoss

Download the latest version of Selfoss using the following command:

sudo curl -O https://selfoss.aditu.de/selfoss.zip

Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

sudo unzip selfoss.zip -d /var/www/html

This will extract the Selfoss files to the /var/www/html/selfoss directory.

Step 5 - Set correct permissions

Next, set the correct permissions on the Selfoss directory using the following command:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/selfoss/

This will set the owner and group of the Selfoss directory to apache, which is the user that PHP-FPM runs as.

Step 6 - Configure Selfoss

Selfoss stores its configuration in the config.ini file, located in the Selfoss directory. Copy the sample configuration file and edit it to match your setup using the following command:

sudo cp /var/www/html/selfoss/config-sample.ini /var/www/html/selfoss/config.ini
sudo nano /var/www/html/selfoss/config.ini

Update the following fields in the configuration file:

base_url = "http://<your-server-ip>/selfoss/"
db_type = "mysql"
db_host = "localhost"
db_database = "selfoss"
db_user = "selfossuser"
db_password = "<your-password>"

Note: Replace with the IP address of your Fedora CoreOS instance, and with the password you set for the Selfoss user.

Step 7 - Configure Nginx

Fedora CoreOS comes with Nginx installed by default. You can modify its configuration file located at /etc/nginx/nginx.conf using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add the following lines to the server block in the configuration file:

location /selfoss {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /selfoss/index.php?$query_string;
}

This will configure Nginx to serve the Selfoss application from the /selfoss directory.

Restart the Nginx service using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 8 - Access Selfoss

Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://<your-server-ip>/selfoss/

You will see the Selfoss login page. Enter your credentials (default username: admin, default password: admin) and click the "Login" button.

You will now be able to use Selfoss to read and manage RSS news feeds from different sources in a single location.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Selfoss on Fedora CoreOS (Latest). With Selfoss, you can easily manage your RSS news feeds from different sources in a single location.