How to Install Meetable on NetBSD

Meetable is a platform for organizing and hosting events, created by the IndieWeb community. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install Meetable on a NetBSD server.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

  • A NetBSD server with sudo access
  • A domain name, such as example.com, pointing to your server's IP address
  • A PostgreSQL database and user with privileges to create databases (if you don't have one, you can follow this tutorial)

Step 1: Installing Dependencies

First, update the system packages and install the required dependencies:

sudo pkgin update
sudo pkgin install git gcc gmake postgresql12-server postgresql12-client postgresql12-contrib nodejs

Step 2: Clone Meetable Repository

Next, clone the Meetable repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/indieweb/meetup-organizing.git
cd meetup-organizing

Step 3: Configure PostgreSQL

Create a PostgreSQL database and user for Meetable:

sudo -u postgres createdb meetable
sudo -u postgres createuser meetable_user
sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER meetable_user WITH PASSWORD 'your_password';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE meetable TO meetable_user;"

Step 4: Configure Meetable

Copy the sample configuration file and edit it with your database settings and domain name:

cp config/sample.env config/meetable.env
nano config/meetable.env

Replace the following entries in the config/meetable.env file:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://meetable_user:your_password@localhost/meetable
BASE_URL=http://example.com

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Install Dependencies and Build Project

Install the npm dependencies and build the project:

npm install
npm run build

Step 6: Run Meetable

Start Meetable with the following command:

npm start

You should now be able to access Meetable by navigating to http://example.com:8000 in your web browser. If you get a security warning, you can ignore it and proceed to the site.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went through the steps to install Meetable on a NetBSD server. You can now use Meetable to organize and host events on your own site. Thank you for following along!