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Install
!!! info "Docker"
Docker production installation is not yet supported. See [issue #352](https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon/issues/352).
Pre-requisites
- A Linux machine with root access
- A domain name (or subdomain) for the Mobilizon server, e.g.
example.net - An SMTP server to deliver emails
Dependencies
Mobilizon requires Elixir, NodeJS and PostgreSQL among other things.
Installing dependencies depends on the system you're using. Follow the steps of the dependencies guide.
Setup
We're going to use a dedicated mobilizon user with /home/mobilizon home:
sudo adduser --disabled-login mobilizon
!!! tip
On FreeBSD
``` bash
sudo pw useradd -n mobilizon -d /home/mobilizon -s /usr/local/bin/bash -m
sudo passwd mobilizon
```
Then let's connect as this user:
sudo -i -u mobilizon
Let's start by cloning the repository in a directory named live:
git clone https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon live && cd live
Installing dependencies
Install Elixir dependencies
mix deps.get
Then compile these dependencies and Mobilizon (this can take a few minutes)
mix compile
Go into the js/ directory
cd js
and install the Javascript dependencies
yarn install
Finally, we can build the front-end (this can take a few seconds)
yarn run build
Let's go back to the main directory
cd ../
Configuration
Mobilizon provides a command line tool to generate configuration
mix mobilizon.instance gen
This will ask you questions about your setup and your instance to generate a prod.secret.exs file in the config/ folder, and a setup_db.psql file to setup the database.
Database setup
The setup_db.psql file contains SQL instructions to create a PostgreSQL user and database with the chosen credentials and add the required extensions to the Mobilizon database.
Execute
sudo -u postgres psql -f setup_db.psql
!!! warning
When it's done, don't forget to remove the `setup_db.psql` file.
Database Migration
Run database migrations:
MIX_ENV=prod mix ecto.migrate
!!! note
Note the `MIX_ENV=prod` environment variable prefix in front of the command. You will have to use it for each `mix` command from now on.
You will have to do this again after most updates.
!!! tip If some migrations fail, it probably means you're not using a recent enough version of PostgreSQL, or that you haven't installed the required extensions.
Services
Systemd
Copy the support/systemd/mobilizon.service to /etc/systemd/system.
sudo cp support/systemd/mobilizon.service /etc/systemd/system/
Reload Systemd to detect your new file
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
And enable the service
systemctl enable --now mobilizon.service
It will run Mobilizon and enable startup on boot. You can follow the logs with
sudo journalctl -fu mobilizon.service
The Mobilizon server runs on port 4000 on the local interface only, so you need to add a reverse-proxy.
Reverse proxy
Nginx
Copy the file from support/nginx/mobilizon.conf to /etc/nginx/sites-available.
sudo cp support/nginx/mobilizon.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available
Then symlink the file into the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mobilizon.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Edit the file /etc/nginx/sites-available and adapt it to your own configuration.
Test the configuration with sudo nginx -t and reload nginx with systemctl reload nginx.
Optional tasks
Geolocation databases
Mobilizon can use geolocation from MMDB format data from sources like MaxMind GeoIP databases or db-ip.com databases. This allows showing events happening near the user's location.
You will need to download the City database and put it into priv/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb.
Mobilizon will only show a warning at startup if the database is missing, but it isn't required.