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this is the second post about bonfire, the first one bonfire – part one – ubuntu<\/a> focused on setting up and configuring the bare metal instance with required packages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for all of these instructions you will be logged into your host as user: bonfire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

clone and create environment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
git clone --depth 1 https:\/\/github.com\/bonfire-networks\/bonfire-app.git bonfire && cd bonfire\n\ngit checkout v1.0.0\n\nexport FLAVOUR=social MIX_ENV=prod WITH_DOCKER=no\n\necho 'eval \"$(mise activate bash)\"' >> ~\/.bashrc && echo \"FLAVOUR=social\">> ~\/.bashrc && echo \"MIX_ENV=prod\" >> ~\/.bashrc && echo \"WITH_DOCKER=no\" >> ~\/.bashrc && source ~\/.bashrc<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
remove alpine from .tool_versions and install mise tools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
vi .tool_versions
#alpine  3.22.2

mise install<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
create base configuration<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
just config
just dep-clone-local bonfire_ui_common https:\/\/github.com\/bonfire-networks\/bonfire_ui_common<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
generate secrets<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
just secrets<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>: in the part one you used two of the secrets that are generated, (postgres, meilisearch) you can go back and replace them if you want. note your .env file must agree on these values with each of the application configurations. So if you keep your originals be sure to use them in the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
edit the .env file<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
HOSTNAME=host.example.com
PUBLIC_PORT=443
POSTGRES_USER=bonfire_dbuser
WITH_DOCKER=no
SECRET_KEY_BASE=<from just secrets>
SIGNING_SALT=<from just secrets>
ENCRYPTION_SALT=<from just secrets>
ERLANG_COOKIE=<from just secrets>
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<password set in part 1>
MEILI_MASTER_KEY=<password set in part 1><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
set up mail, i used SMTP<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
MAIL_BACKEND=smtp
MAIL_SERVER=example.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USER=admin@example.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=
MAIL_FROM=admin@example.com
MAIL_SSL=true<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
build the binaries<\/p>\n\n\n\n
just setup-prod     # (4 prompts enter N)
just rei-build
rm _build\/prod\/rel\/bonfire\/bin\/bonfire
just update (ctl-o , enter ctl-x for to accept)
just rel-build<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
test the app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
test install<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
just cmd _build\/prod\/rel\/bonfire\/bin\/bonfire start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If the system starts there will be a flurry of output to the console but it should settle down to a bunch of ‘oban’ entries like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19:00:05.589 [info] [source: \"oban\", duration: 2084, event: \"plugin:stop\", plugin: \"Oban.Plugins.Lifeline\", discarded_jobs: [], rescued_jobs: []]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
19:00:05.629 [info] [source: \"oban\", duration: 1622, event: \"plugin:stop\", plugin: \"Oban.Plugins.Pruner\", pruned_count: 0]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you get a bunch of repeating red database errors it means the migrations didn’t get run and you should try re-building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
initial signup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
you will want to connect to https:\/\/host.example.com\/signup<\/strong> and set up the first user. This user will be admin for the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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