How to Install Mobilizon on Fedora Server

Mobilizon is a free, open-source, federated platform for organizing events. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for installing Mobilizon on Fedora Server.

Prerequisites:

Before installing Mobilizon, you will need the following:

• A Fedora Server running on your system
• Root access

Install Required Dependencies

1. Login to your server as root.

2. Install the necessary dependencies for Mobilizon using the following command:

   dnf install git postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib gcc zlib-devel openssl-devel readline-devel libffi-devel sqlite-devel
   

3. Optionally, you can install the Node.js and Yarn packages from the NodeSource repository:

   curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash -
   curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo
   dnf install nodejs yarn
   

Install Mobilizon using Git

1. Create a new user named "mobilizon" using the following command:

   useradd -d /opt/mobilizon -m mobilizon
   

2. Switch to the newly created user:

   su - mobilizon
   

3. Clone the Mobilizon repository using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/framasoft/mobilizon.git
   

4. Change to the newly cloned directory:

   cd mobilizon
   

5. Install Mobilizon dependencies using the following command:

   yarn install --pure-lockfile
   

6. Build Mobilizon's frontend assets using the following command:

   yarn dev
   

7. Create a file named .env in the Mobilizon directory and populate it with the following content:

   DATABASE_URL=postgresql://db_user:db_pass@localhost/db_name
   COOKIE_SECRET=your_cookie_secret
   EMAIL_FROM_NAME="Mobilizon"
   EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="[email protected]"
   MOBILIZON_URL="https://mobilizon.example.com"
   

   Replace db_user, db_pass, db_name, your_cookie_secret, and https://mobilizon.example.com with your own values.

Setup PostgreSQL

1. As root, initialize the PostgreSQL database:

   postgresql-setup --initdb
   

2. Start the PostgreSQL server:

   systemctl start postgresql
   

3. Create a new database and user for Mobilizon:

   su - postgres
   psql
   CREATE DATABASE mobilizon;
   CREATE USER mobilizon WITH PASSWORD 'your_password_here';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE mobilizon TO mobilizon;
   \q
   exit
   

Run Mobilizon

1. Change back to the mobilizon user:

   su - mobilizon
   

2. Run the Mobilizon server using the following command:

   yarn start
   

3. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:4000. You should see the Mobilizon login page.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Mobilizon on Fedora Server. You can now use this platform to manage and organize events.