Installing RSS-Bridge on NixOS

RSS-Bridge is an open-source project that allows you to generate RSS feeds for websites that don't have a feed of their own. In this tutorial, we'll cover how to install RSS-Bridge on the latest version of NixOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

  • A running instance of NixOS
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Steps

  1. Open a terminal window and log in as a superuser or a user with sudo privileges.

  2. Update your system by running the following command:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch
  1. Install Git, which we will use to clone the RSS-Bridge repository. You can do this by running:
sudo nix-env -i git
  1. Clone the RSS-Bridge repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge.git
  1. Change to the RSS-Bridge directory by running:
cd rss-bridge
  1. Install the dependencies using the following command:
nix-shell --command "composer install"
  1. Optionally, you can build a binary cache of the PHP packages used in the RSS-Bridge by running:
sudo nix-shell --run "nix-store --generate-binary-cache -vvvv --add-root = /nix/var/nix/gcroots/... /nix/store/..."
  1. Start the RSS-Bridge server by running:
nix-shell --run "php -S localhost:8080 -t . public/index.php"
  1. The RSS-Bridge is now running! You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/. Here, you'll find the RSS-Bridge homepage where you can start generating RSS feeds.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we've covered how to install RSS-Bridge on the latest version of NixOS using Git and Composer. With the RSS-Bridge server up and running, you can generate RSS feeds for websites that don't have a feed of their own.