How to Install RSS Fulltext Proxy on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install RSS Fulltext Proxy on OpenBSD. RSS Fulltext Proxy is an open-source tool that enables full-text search and filtering of RSS feeds.

Prerequisites

  • OpenBSD installed and configured.
  • Basic knowledge of the OpenBSD command-line interface.
  • Basic knowledge of Git and GitHub.

Installation Steps

  1. First, log in as root on OpenBSD, and open a terminal.

  2. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

pkg_add git node
  1. Clone the RSS Fulltext Proxy repository from the official GitHub page. To do so, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Kombustor/rss-fulltext-proxy
  1. Navigate to the cloned repository directory by running the following command:
cd rss-fulltext-proxy
  1. Install the dependencies and build the project by running the following command:
npm install && npm run build
  1. Configure RSS Fulltext Proxy by copying the example configuration file:
cp config.example.toml config.toml
  1. Open the config.toml file in a text editor of your choice and enter your RSS feed URLs, your desired search index and enable full text indexing for each feed.
[[feeds]]
url = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
searchIndex = "bbc-news"
fullTextIndex = true

[[feeds]]
url = "https://www.macrumors.com/feed/"
searchIndex = "macrumors"
fullTextIndex = true

  1. Save your changes and exit the text editor.

  2. Run the RSS Fulltext Proxy by running the following command:

npm run start
  1. You should now be able to access RSS Fulltext Proxy by opening your web browser and visiting http://your-server-ip:3000, replacing your-server-ip with your server's IP address.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed RSS Fulltext Proxy on OpenBSD. You can now use RSS Fulltext Proxy to search and filter RSS feeds using full-text search. You can customize your installation by editing the config.toml file.