How to install Commento on NixOS Latest

Commento is a self-hosted, privacy-focused, and modern comment engine. It is an open-source software that can be easily installed on NixOS.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Commento on NixOS Latest.

Step 1: Install Nix

If you haven't already, you need to install Nix on your system. Nix is a package manager that provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, and it is used to install and manage packages on NixOS.

To install Nix, run the following command in your terminal:

curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Step 2: Install Git

You also need Git installed on your system to clone the Commento repository.

To install Git, run the following command in your terminal:

nix-env -i git

Step 3: Clone Commento

Now that you have Git installed, you can download the Commento code from its official repository.

To clone the Commento repository, run the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://gitlab.com/commento/commento.git

This command will clone the Commento repository to your current directory.

Step 4: Configure Commento

Before running Commento, you need to configure it to use your desired settings.

To configure Commento, navigate to the cloned repository and copy the commento.example.conf file to a new file named commento.conf:

cd commento/
cp commento.example.conf commento.conf

Then, edit the commento.conf file using your favorite text editor and configure it to use your desired settings.

For example, you can change the port setting to use 80 instead of the default 8080:

[http]
port = 80

Step 5: Build Commento

To build Commento, run the following command in your terminal:

nix-build

This command will build Commento and create a symlink to the resulting binaries at /nix/store/<hash>-commento/bin/commento.

The <hash> part of the path represents a unique identifier for the built Commento package.

Step 6: Run Commento

To run Commento, execute the following command in your terminal:

/nix/store/<hash>-commento/bin/commento

Replace <hash> with the unique identifier from the previous step.

This command will start Commento and make it available on your system at http://localhost.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Commento on NixOS Latest! You can now use Commento to host comments on your website or blog.