Installing ChiefOnboarding on nixOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install ChiefOnboarding, a user onboarding automation tool available at https://chiefonboarding.com. We will use nixOS Latest as our operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure your nixOS system is updated and you have sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install and configure the PostgreSQL database

ChiefOnboarding is a web application that requires a database to store its data. We will use PostgreSQL for this purpose.

To install PostgreSQL, open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo nix-env -iA nixos.postgresql

Once PostgreSQL is installed, start the PostgreSQL service:

sudo systemctl start postgresql

Next, create a new user and database for ChiefOnboarding:

sudo su postgres
createuser --interactive
# Enter a name for your new user and choose the defaults for all other options.

createdb -O username chiefonboarding
exit

Step 2: Install and configure ChiefOnboarding

To install ChiefOnboarding, we will use nix-shell, a program that provides a shell environment with all the dependencies required by ChiefOnboarding.

First, clone the ChiefOnboarding repository:

git clone https://github.com/99xt-incubator/chiefonboarding.git

Change to the root directory of ChiefOnboarding:

cd chiefonboarding

Next, enter the following command to activate the nix-shell environment:

nix-shell

This command will download and install all the dependencies required by ChiefOnboarding, including Node.js, npm, and other packages.

Once the nix-shell environment is activated, create a new .env file:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and configure the PostgreSQL database connection settings:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/chiefonboarding

Replace username and password with the credentials you created in step 1.

Next, run the following commands to create and seed the database and start the ChiefOnboarding server:

npm run db:migrate
npm run db:seed
npm start

The npm run db:migrate command will create the database schema, and the npm run db:seed command will seed the database with sample data. The npm start command will start the ChiefOnboarding server.

Step 3: Access ChiefOnboarding

ChiefOnboarding is now installed and running on your nixOS system. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access ChiefOnboarding.

You will be prompted to create an admin account. Once you create an account, you can start using ChiefOnboarding to automate your user onboarding process.

Conclusion

Installing ChiefOnboarding on nixOS is simple and straightforward. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you can easily install and configure ChiefOnboarding on your nixOS system and automate your user onboarding process.