How to install Pootle on OpenBSD

Pootle is a web-based translation and localization tool. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Pootle on OpenBSD.

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before we can proceed with the Pootle installation, we need to install some dependencies.

# pkg_add py3-lxml gettext msgfmt py3-pip py3-psycopg2 py3-django py3-docutils py3-pillow apache-httpd

Step 2: Install Pootle

Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed with the installation of Pootle using pip.

# pip3.8 install pootle

Step 3: Configure Apache

We need to configure Apache to work with Pootle. Create a file named "pootle.conf" in the "/etc/httpd/conf/modules.d/" directory with the following content.

# Load the required Apache modules
LoadModule wsgi_module /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/mod_wsgi/server/mod_wsgi-py38.so
LoadModule headers_module /usr/local/lib/httpd/mod_headers.so

# Set the HTTP header to enable UTF-8 encoding
Header set Content-Type "text/html; charset=UTF-8"

# The location of Pootle's static files
Alias /static/ /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/pootle/static/

# The WSGI application handler for Pootle
WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/pootle/deploy/wsgi.py

# Enable WSGI daemon mode
WSGIDaemonProcess pootle python-home=/usr/local/share/python3.8 python-path=/usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/
WSGIProcessGroup pootle

# Allow serving static files
<Directory /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/pootle/static/>
    Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
    Require all granted
    AllowOverride None
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/html text/plain text/xml application/javascript application/x-font-woff image/svg+xml
</Directory>

# Redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Step 4: Initialize the database

We need to initialize the database that Pootle will use. Run the following commands to create a PostgreSQL database and user for Pootle.

# su - _postgresql
$ createuser pootle
$ createdb -O pootle pootle
$ exit

Run the following command to initialize the database with the default Pootle schema.

# pootle initdb --db=postgresql://pootle@localhost/pootle

Step 5: Start Pootle

We can now start Pootle using Apache.

# rcctl start httpd

Step 6: Access Pootle

Once Apache is running, you can access Pootle by visiting the following URL in your web browser.

https://<server-ip>:443/

You will be prompted to create a superuser account for Pootle.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Pootle on OpenBSD!