How to install Hackershare on NixOS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Hackershare, a web application for storing bookmarks developed in Ruby on Rails, on NixOS Latest.

Step 1: Install the required dependencies

Before we can begin installing Hackershare, we first need to install some dependencies. These dependencies include Ruby, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.

To install these dependencies, open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo nix-env -i ruby nodejs postgresql

Step 2: Clone the Hackershare repository

Once we have installed the required dependencies, we now need to clone the Hackershare repository. Do this by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/hackershare/hackershare.git

Step 3: Install bundler and gems

Next, we need to install Bundler and the necessary gems for Hackershare. To do this, navigate to the Hackershare directory and run the following commands:

cd hackershare
gem install bundler # if bundler is not already installed
bundle install

Step 4: Create the database

Now that we have installed the necessary dependencies and gems, we need to create the database. To do this, run the following commands:

sudo -u postgres initdb -D /var/lib/postgresql/data
sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
sudo su postgres -c "createuser hackershare --createdb"
sudo su hackershare -c "createdb hackershare_development"

Step 5: Set up the environment variables

We need to set up some environment variables to configure Hackershare. Create a .env file in the Hackershare directory and add the following content:

# Database configuration
export DATABASE_URL='postgres://hackershare@localhost/hackershare_development'

# Secret key configuration
export SECRET_KEY_BASE='YOUR_SECRET_KEY_HERE' # Replace this with your own secret key

Step 6: Run the application

Finally, we can run the application using the following command:

rails server

You should now be able to access Hackershare by opening your browser and visiting http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Hackershare on NixOS Latest!