Installing Tracim on NixOS Latest

Tracim is an open-source, decentralized, and collaborative document management system that allows you to store, manage, and share documents securely. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tracim on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A running NixOS Latest instance
• A user account with sudo privileges
• A text editor of your choice

Step 1: Installing required packages

Firstly, you need to ensure that your system is updated by running the following command:

sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Next, we need to install the required packages for Tracim. Open the terminal and execute the following command:

sudo nix-env -i nodejs

sudo nix-env -i mongodb

Step 2: Installing Tracim

Now, let's install Tracim. First, create a directory for Tracim to reside in:

sudo mkdir -p /var/tracim
sudo chown yourusername: /var/tracim

Then, clone the Tracim repository from Github:

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

cd tracim

Now, we need to install the dependencies for Tracim:

npm install

Step 3: Configuring Tracim

Next, let's create a configuration file for Tracim. Copy the config/default.sample.json file to config/default.json:

sudo cp config/default.sample.json config/default.json

Then, edit the default.json file and update the following configurations as desired:

{
    "server": {
        "host": "localhost", // change to your server IP or hostname
        "port": 8080
    },
    "db": {
        "host": "localhost",
        "port": 27017,
        "name": "tracim"
    },
    "admin": {
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "password": "changeme"
    }
}

Step 4: Starting Tracim

We are now ready to start Tracim. In the terminal, run:

npm run start

Tracim will now be accessible on your server's IP or hostname, on port 8080. For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.100, you can access Tracim by navigating to http://192.168.1.100:8080.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Tracim on NixOS Latest. You can now start using Tracim to securely store, manage, and share your documents.