How to Install Nullboard on NetBSD

Nullboard is an open-source, minimalistic kanban board web application that can be hosted on your own server. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install Nullboard on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, make sure NetBSD is up-to-date and that the following packages are installed:

• git
• go

To install the packages, run the following command:

pkgin update && pkgin install git go

Step 1: Clone the Nullboard repository

The first step is to clone the Nullboard repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/apankrat/nullboard.git

This will clone the Nullboard repository into a directory named "nullboard".

Step 2: Install dependencies

To build Nullboard, we need to install its dependencies. Navigate to the nullboard directory and run the following command:

go mod download

This will download and install all of the necessary dependencies.

Step 3: Build Nullboard

Once the dependencies are installed, build Nullboard by running the following command:

go build

This will create a binary executable named "nullboard".

Step 4: Configure and run Nullboard

Before running Nullboard, we need to create a configuration file. Copy the sample configuration file to a new file named "config.yml":

cp config.example.yml config.yml

Open the "config.yml" file and modify the settings as needed. The most important setting is the "bind-listen" field, which should be set to the IP address and port where Nullboard will listen for incoming connections.

Once the configuration file is set up, run Nullboard by running the following command:

./nullboard -config config.yml

Nullboard should now be running and accessible via a web browser at the IP address and port specified in the configuration file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went through the steps to install Nullboard on NetBSD. With this minimalistic Kanban board web application, you can easily manage your projects and organize your tasks.