How to Install Diaspora Social Media on Ubuntu 20.04

Diaspora is a non-profit, user-owned and distributed social network. The program consists of a group of independent nodes that work together to form a network. This social network does not belong to any person or institution, and makes the network not subject to the occupation of companies or advertisements. In this article, we try to learn you Tutorial Install Diaspora Social Media on Ubuntu 20.04. You can visit the packages available in Eldernode to purchase a Ubuntu VPS server.

The sections covered in this article include the following topics. We will first learn you how to install the dependency package. Then you need to create a PostgreSQL user for Diaspora. In the next step, we will explain how to install RVM and Ruby, and finally we will learn you how to download and configure Diaspora. Follow us in this tutorial.

How to install package dependencies to install Diaspora

Before you start installing Diaspora Social Media on Ubuntu 20.04, you must first install the dependencies. These dependency packages include PostgreSQL, Redis, and Nginx web server. Use the following command to install dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake gnupg2 libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev imagemagick ghostscript curl libmagickwand-dev git libpq-dev redis-server nodejs postgresql

Now that you have the dependency packages installed, you need to start and activate them. To do this, you can run the following commands:

systemctl start redis-server

systemctl enable redis-server

systemctl start postgresql

systemctl enable postgresql

How to Create New PostgreSQL User for Diaspora

Before creating a new PostgreSQL user for Diaspora, you first need to change the default postgres user password. You must first log in to PostgreSQL:

sudo -i -u postgres psql

Now you need to change the password using the following command. After entering the following command, you must enter the new password and type it again to set the new password for the postgres user.

\password postgres

After changing the password now is the time to create a new diaspora user with a CREATEDB privilege to create the database. To do this, run the following command.

Note: In the following command, you must enter your password instead of yourpassword.

CREATE USER diaspora WITH CREATEDB PASSWORD 'yourpassword';

Enter the following command to exit the PostgreSQL shell:

EXIT

Learn how to Create a New User

In this step, you must use the following command to create a new system user named diaspora. Then use the next command to set the password for it. It should be noted that this user is added to the sudo group after it is created.

adduser --disabled-login Diaspora

passwd diaspora

usermod -a -G sudo diaspora

Tutorial Install RVM and Ruby

To install RVM and Ruby, you must first log in to the diaspora user using the following command:

su - diaspora

It is also necessary to install RVM and Ruby GPGP Key. To do this, run the following command:

gpg2 --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB

After completing the above steps, you can now install the RVM. After successfully installing the RVM by the following command, you must enter your password for the diaspora user.

curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Then you need to load the rvm script to your server using the following command:

source /home/diaspora/.rvm/scripts/rvm

It should be noted that you can easily install Ruby 2.6 using the following command and then check its version:

rvm install 2.6

ruby -v    

How to download and configure Diaspora

You must first install the Diaspora source code by running the following command:

git clone -b master https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora.git

cd diaspora

Next you need to run the following commands to configure the database and diaspora:

cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml

cp config/diaspora.yml.example config/diaspora.yml

Now you need to edit the database configuration file with the Vim editor:

vim config/database.yml

After opening the file, change the username and password information to your desired data. Then save the file and exit it.

postgresql: &postgresql  adapter: postgresql  host: "localhost"  port: 5432  username: "diaspora"  password: "yourpassword"  encoding: unicode

Now you need to edit the diaspora configuration file using the vim editor:

vim config/diaspora.yml

After opening the diaspora configuration file, you must configure it as follows. In the following commands, you must enter the domain name you want instead of yourdomainname. After making the changes, you can save them.

configuration: ## Section  ...  environment: ## Section  ...  url: "https://yourdomainname.com/"  certificate_authorities: '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'  require_ssl: true  ...  server: ## Section  rails_environment: 'production'  ...

Once you have successfully completed the above steps, you should now install the gem and ruby libraries:

gem install bundler

script/configure_bundler

bin/bundle install --full-index

Next you need to move the database to Diaspora:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate

Finally, you must run the following command to compile all rails asset pipeline:

RAILS_ENV=production bin/rake assets:precompile

Conclusion

Diaspora is a social network that consists of a group of independent nodes that belong to each other (pods) that work together to form a network. In this article, we tried to learn you step by step how to install Diaspora Social Media on Ubuntu 20.04.