Installing Wagtail on NixOS

Wagtail is a popular content management system (CMS) built on top of Django. It provides a user-friendly interface for creating and managing web content. In this tutorial, we will be installing Wagtail on NixOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have a running instance of NixOS. If you haven't installed it yet, please refer to the official documentation here.

We will also need the following tools:

  • Git: used to clone the Wagtail source code.
  • Python: version 3.5 or higher is required by Wagtail.
  • Pip: the package installer for Python.
  • Virtualenv: used to create an isolated Python environment.

You can install these tools with the following command:

sudo nix-env -i git python3.8 pip virtualenv

Installation

To install Wagtail, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Wagtail repository

Clone the Wagtail repository using Git:

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

This will create a new directory named wagtail in your current directory.

2. Create a virtual environment

Navigate to the wagtail directory and create a new virtual environment using virtualenv:

cd wagtail
virtualenv -p python3.8 env

This will create a new directory named env in your current directory containing the isolated Python environment.

Activate the virtual environment:

source env/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

Install the dependencies using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Initialize the database

Initialize the database using the following command:

python manage.py migrate

This will create the necessary database tables.

5. Create an admin user

Create an admin user using the following command:

python manage.py createsuperuser

Follow the prompts to create an admin account.

6. Run the development server

Start the development server using the following command:

python manage.py runserver

The site should now be accessible at http://localhost:8000/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed Wagtail on NixOS. You can now begin to explore the features and create content using the CMS. Have fun!