How to Install RSS Monster on OpenBSD

RSS Monster is a web-based RSS aggregator that can be installed on OpenBSD. This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on how to install RSS Monster on your OpenBSD system.

Prerequisites

Make sure your OpenBSD system is up-to-date, and you have sudo or root access.

Step 1: Install Node.js

The first step is to install Node.js on your OpenBSD system. OpenBSD does not provide Node.js packages, so you will need to compile it from source.

To do this, first, you need to install some dependencies:

$ sudo pkg_add gmake
$ sudo pkg_add python
$ sudo pkg_add llvm
$ sudo pkg_add clang

Next, download the latest version of Node.js from the official website:

$ cd /tmp/
$ ftp https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.1.0/node-v16.1.0.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded package:

$ tar zxvf node-v16.1.0.tar.gz

Change directory to the extracted package:

$ cd node-v16.1.0

Configure, compile and install Node.js:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Step 2: Install RSS Monster

Next, clone the RSS Monster repository from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster

Change directory to the RSS Monster directory:

$ cd rssmonster

Install the required Node.js packages:

$ npm install

Step 3: Configure RSS Monster

Create a new configuration file:

$ cp config.template.json config.json

Edit the configuration file to specify your RSS feeds:

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "name": "My First Feed",
      "url": "https://rss.example.com/feed.xml"
    },
    {
      "name": "My Second Feed",
      "url": "https://rss.example.com/feed2.xml"
    }
  ]
}

You can add as many feeds as you want by duplicating the feed object inside the array.

Step 4: Run RSS Monster

Start the RSS Monster server:

$ node server.js

By default, RSS Monster runs on port 8080. You can access it by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed RSS Monster on OpenBSD. You can now use it to aggregate your favorite RSS feeds.