Tutorial: Installing Baserow on OpenBSD

Baserow is a free and open source no-code database builder that allows you to create databases, tables, and data with a clean and easy-to-use interface. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Baserow on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A server running OpenBSD
• An SSH client installed on your computer to connect to the server
• Basic knowledge of the command line

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install Baserow, we first need to install its dependencies. Run the following command to install Python 3 and pip:

$ doas pkg_add python3 py3-pip

Step 2: Clone the Baserow Repository

Next, clone the Baserow repository by running the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/bramw/baserow.git

This will create a directory named baserow in your current working directory.

Step 3: Install Baserow

Next, navigate to the baserow directory and run the following command to install Baserow and its dependencies:

$ cd baserow
$ doas pip3 install -r requirements.txt

This will install all of the dependencies required by Baserow.

Step 4: Configure Baserow

Before we can start Baserow, we need to configure it. Rename the .env.example file to .env using the following command:

$ mv .env.example .env

Next, open the .env file using your preferred text editor:

$ vi .env

Update the following variables with your desired values:

ALLOWED_HOSTS=
DOMAIN_NAME=
SECRET_KEY=

Note: The values for SECRET_KEY and DOMAIN_NAME should be long random strings of characters.

Step 5: Start Baserow

Finally, start Baserow by running the following command:

$ doas python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

This will start the Baserow server on port 8000 and bind it to all network interfaces.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Baserow on OpenBSD. You can now access Baserow by navigating to http://<your-server-ip>:8000 in your web browser.