{"id":23,"date":"2025-11-15T04:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogriley.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:09:12","slug":"bonfire-part-one-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogriley.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/bonfire-part-one-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"bonfire – part one – ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

bonfire is new to the fediverse and has an initial release candidate. their ambitions are great. so i set out to install this on ubuntu, because, of course, the easy thing to do was docker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

they have their instructions<\/a> and we are going to do a ‘bare metal’ install on ubuntu 24.04. I will cover from initial root login to vps. for the next part see bonfire – part two – bonfire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

their base instructions lead the way but you need a few extras to get it up and running. at that point it runs but some tooling still needs a little adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

started with a vps: 4 cpu, 8 gb ram, 240 gb ssd <\/p>\n\n\n\n

i am going to assume you have handled the basic setup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

set up ubuntu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

set hostname<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
hostnamectl set-hostname host.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
add repositories and packages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rabbitmq\/rabbitmq-erlang && apt update && apt upgrade\n\napt install nginx just postgresql postgis make gcc build-essential elixir erlang npm yarn certbot fail2ban certbot python3-certbot-nginx mailcap unzip libgpg-error-dev libgcrypt20-dev gettext imagemagick libvips-tools poppler-utils ffmpegthumbnailer ffmpeg <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
install mise, globalize yarn<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
MISE_VERSION=$(curl -s \"https:\/\/api.github.com\/repos\/jdx\/mise\/releases\/latest\" | grep -Po '\"tag_name\": \"v\\K[0-9.]+')

sudo wget -qO \/usr\/local\/bin\/mise https:\/\/github.com\/jdx\/mise\/releases\/latest\/download\/mise-v$MISE_VERSION-linux-x64

sudo chmod a+x \/usr\/local\/bin\/mise

npm install --global yarn<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
add bonfire user<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
adduser --disabled-password bonfire<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
add postgres user and create database<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sudo -u postgres psql\n\n  CREATE USER bonfire_dbuser WITH PASSWORD '<strong password>';\n  CREATE DATABASE bonfire_db WITH OWNER bonfire_dbuser;\n  CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis WITH SCHEMA public;\n\n\\q<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 set up meilisearch<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
curl -L https:\/\/install.meilisearch.com | sh
mv .\/meilisearch \/usr\/local\/bin\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
useradd -d \/var\/lib\/meilisearch -s \/bin\/false -m -r meilisearch
chown meilisearch:meilisearch \/usr\/local\/bin\/meilisearch
mkdir \/var\/lib\/meilisearch\/data \/var\/lib\/meilisearch\/dumps \/var\/lib\/meilisearch\/snapshots
chown -R meilisearch:meilisearch \/var\/lib\/meilisearch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
curl https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/meilisearch\/meilisearch\/latest\/config.toml > \/etc\/meilisearch.toml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
configure meilisearch<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
vi \/etc\/meilisearch.toml

env = \"production\"
master_key = \"<strong password>\"
db_path = \"\/var\/lib\/meilisearch\/data\"
dump_dir = \"\/var\/lib\/meilisearch\/dumps\"
snapshot_dir = \"\/var\/lib\/meilisearch\/snapshots\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
set meilisearch as service<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
vi \/etc\/systemd\/system\/meilisearch.service

[Unit]
Description=Meilisearch
After=systemd-user-sessions.service

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=\/var\/lib\/meilisearch
ExecStart=\/usr\/local\/bin\/meilisearch --config-file-path \/etc\/meilisearch.toml
User=meilisearch
Group=meilisearch
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target


systemctl enable meilisearch
systemctl start meilisearch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
set up certbot for nginx ssl reverse proxy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
vi \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/host.example.com\n\nserver {\n   listen 80;\n    server_name host.example.com;\n\n    location @app_upstream {\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\n proxy_set_header Host $host;\n        proxy_http_version 1.1;\n        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;\n        proxy_pass http:\/\/127.0.0.1:4000;\n        proxy_redirect off;\n        proxy_read_timeout 240s;\n    }\n\n    location \/data\/uploads\/ {\n        root \/frontend\/;\n        try_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.html @app_upstream;\n\tadd_header Cache-Control \"no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate\";\n    }\n\n    location \/ {\n root priv\/static;\n index index.html;\n try_files $uri $uri.html $uri\/index.html @app_upstream;\n    }\n\n    location \/live\/websocket {\n proxy_pass http:\/\/127.0.0.1:4000;\n    # these configurations are necessary to proxy WebSocket requests\n proxy_http_version 1.1;\n proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;\n proxy_set_header Connection \"upgrade\";\n    }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
link verify nginx.conf and reload<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/host.example.com \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/

nginx -t

systemctl reload nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
set up certbot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sudo certbot --nginx -d host.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
change to bonfire user<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
su - bonfire<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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