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This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install KeystoneJS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10 systems.
These are the packages we’re going to be setting up.
- Ruby version 2.5.3
- MongoDB
Step 1: Install Ruby
To install Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu, you’ll need to install some dependencies. To make that happen, install Node.js and Yarn repositories. This will make installing the dependencies easier.
First install these curl and git packages.
sudo apt update sudo apt install curl git
Than run the commands below to add Node.js and Yarn repositories and keys to your system. Then install some core packages to get your environment going.
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash - curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs yarn zlib1g-dev build-essential libpq-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev software-properties-common libffi-dev
When you’re done. continue below:
After adding the repositories and installing necessary packages above, install Ruby with your local profile settings using rbenv. you’ll then use rbenv to install ruby-build.
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc exec $SHELL git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc exec $SHELL
After setting up your local profile. run the commands below to install Ruby version 2.5.3. If a newer version is available, replace the version number to that. visit this site to find out Ruby latest versions.
rbenv install 2.5.3 rbenv global 2.5.3
To verify that Ruby is installed, run the commands below:
ruby -v
You should see similar lines as below:
ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux]
Step 2: Install Node.js
Now that Ruby environment is set up, run the commands below to install Node.js. Run the commands below to install Node.js repository, then install Node.js package.
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Now that Node.js is installed, run the commands below to install KeystoneJS.
Step 3: Install MongoDB
MongoDB is the database that KeystoneJS uses. So install MongoDB, ImageMagic before continuing with setting up your website projects.
sudo apt install mongodb npm install mongodb --save
After installing MongoDB server, open a new terminal window and try.
Then start an interactive mongo prompt by typing the command below:
mongo
ctrl+c to exit.
Step 4: Install KeystoneJS
Now that your environment is ready, run the commands below to install KeystoneJS and build your first site. Next, run the commands below.
npm install imagemagick sudo npm install -g generator-keystone sudo npm install -g yo
Next create a folder for your project, then change into the KeystoneJS folder and install there.
mkdir ~/keystonejs cd ~/keystonejs yo keystone
The generator will ask a couple of questions about the configuration. Go ahead and select the default options. Say Y when generator asks you if want you include a Blog. In this guide, we will use pug templating engine, and less as a CSS pre-processor.
Once you’ve selected your requirements, the generator will prepare the skeleton of your app, configure the files and install npm dependencies as required.
When you’re done, run the commands below to start the server from inside the keystonejs project folder.
node keystone
Now open your browser and browse to the hostname follow by port # 3000
You should see KeystoneJS home page.
Next, logon to the back-end and begin creating content.
Use the credential you created for admin above.
Now you can start building your great content!
Congratulation! You have successfully installed KeystoneJS platform on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10
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