How to Install Akkoma on OpenBSD

Akkoma is a social networking platform that is available for OpenBSD. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps involved in installing Akkoma on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• An OpenBSD server
• A user account with administrative privileges

Step 1: Install Required Packages

The first step is to install the required packages required for Akkoma to function. To install the necessary packages, run the following command in the OpenBSD terminal:

$ sudo pkg_add postgresql nginx ruby ruby-bundler

Step 2: Install Ruby Gems

After installing the required packages, proceed to install the Ruby gems by running the following commands:

$ sudo gem install bundler puma
$ sudo gem install pg -v '1.2.3'

Step 3: Download and Configure Akkoma

The next step is to download and configure Akkoma. The following commands will download Akkoma and its necessary files:

$ git clone https://github.com/kanehekili/akkoma
$ cd akkoma/config
$ cp database.yml.example database.yml
$ cp secrets.yml.example secrets.yml

Step 4: Configure Database

After the Akkoma files have been downloaded, you need to configure the database. Use the following commands to create a database user and a database for the application:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ createuser --createdb --pwprompt akkoma
$ createdb -O akkoma akkoma_production

Edit database.yml and input the following information:

production:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: akkoma_production
  username: akkoma
  password: [generated password]
  host: localhost

Step 5: Configure Secrets

Use the following command to generate a secret and edit secrets.yml with the generated secret:

$ rake secret

Input the generated secret in secrets.yml:

production:
  secret_key_base: [generated secret key]

Step 6: Install Gems and Prepare Akkoma

Use the following command to install the remaining gems and prepare the Akkoma application:

$ cd ..
$ bundle install
$ RAILS_ENV=production rails db:migrate
$ RAILS_ENV=production rails assets:precompile

Step 7: Configure Nginx

The final step is to configure Nginx to serve the Akkoma application. Edit the Nginx configuration file by running the following command:

$ sudo ee /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add a new server block to the Nginx configuration with the following information:

server {
  listen        80;
  server_name   your_domain.com;
  client_max_body_size 4M; # Or whatever you want as a max file upload size

  root /var/www/akkoma/current/public;

  location / {
    try_files $uri /index.html;
    add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
  }

  location ^~ /assets/ {
    gzip_static on;
    expires max;
    add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
  }

  location ^~ /uploads/ {
    add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
  }

  location /cable {
    proxy_pass http://unix:/var/www/akkoma/shared/tmp/sock.sock;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
  }
}

Ensure that you replace your_domain.com with your website's domain name. Save and close the file.

Step 8: Start Akkoma

To start the Akkoma application, run the following command:

$ cd /var/www/akkoma && bundle exec puma -e production -p 3000 -C /var/www/akkoma/shared/puma.rb

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Akkoma on OpenBSD. You can access the application by navigating to your_domain.com in your browser.