How to Use FreshRSS on Raspberry Pi
Hi everyone, in this article we will show you how to install and use FreshRSS on your Raspberry Pi. FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS aggregator. It is quite lightweight, fast (it can manage +100k articles without complaining) and powerful (e.g. shortcuts, filters, responsive design, multi-views, multi-topics, multi-users, statistics, offers a Google Reader API, etc.).
FreshRSS is a database-driven PHP project that supports various APIs to integrate with other software. Google Reader was discontinued a long time ago, new services have popped up to fill the gap, such as Feedly, which we used for a while, but in an effort to be more technically independent, we decided to host an RSS reader ourselves on a small Raspberry Pi we have lying around and came across FreshRSS: a free, self-hosted RSS aggregator.
How to Use FreshRSS on Raspberry Pi
First, you need to set up your Raspberry Pi as a home server. Then go to the advanced DNS section of your domain registrar and create a new entry. Select “athens” as the type and enter “@” as the host and enter your public IP address in the “Value” field.
1: Now, login to your Raspberry Pi using Secure Shell (SSH):
2: Update and upgrade any packages using the following commands:
SUDO APT UPDATESUDO APT UPGRADE
3: Now change the directory and download the FreshRSS installation archive by entering the following:
CD /VAR/WWW/SUDO WGET HTTPS:
4: Unzip the archive with:
SUDO UNZIP MASTER.ZIP
5: You will see that a new directory called “FreshRSS-master” has been created. Give ownership to the Apache user:
SUDO CHOWN -R WWW-DATA:WWW-DATA FRESHRSS-MASTER
6: FreshRSS is in the correct location and can be accessed and written to by Apache, but Apache doesn’t know where it is. So, change the directory:
CD /ETC/APACHE2/SITES-AVAILABLE/
7: And create a new Apache conf file:
SUDO NANO FRESHRSS.CONF
8: In the new file, paste the following:
<VIRTUALHOST *:80>SERVERNAME YOUR-DOMAIN.TLDDOCUMENTROOT /VAR/WWW/FRESHRSS-MASTER/P/</VIRTUALHOST>
Save the file and exit nano with extension Ctrl + O followed by Ctrl + X.
9: Enable the conf file by typing the following:
SUDO A2ENSITE FRESHRSS.CONF
10: Now, restart Apache using the command below:
SUDO SERVICE APACHE2 RESTART
11: FreshRSS requires a database; You must already have MariaBD installed on your system. Open MariaDB with:
SUDO MARIADB
12: Enter the following commands to create a new user and database to use:
CREATE DATABASE FRESH;CREATE USER FRESH IDENTIFIED BY ‘PASSWORD’;GRANT USAGE ON . TO FRESH@LOCALHOST IDENTIFIED BY ‘PASSWORD’;GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON FRESH.* TO FRESH@LOCALHOST;FLUSH PRIVILEGES;QUIT;
13: At this point, start your Web browser and visit your domain. You will be asked to choose a language, and the installer will run checks to make sure your server is ready to be used.
14: By clicking Next, you will be asked to enter the details of the database that FreshRSS will use. The database type is MySQLLocalhost host Both the user and the Fresh database.
15: When finished, tap next. You will be prompted for the default user name (maximum 16 alphanumeric characters), authentication method and password set.
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