Fanboi2

Board engine behind Fanboi Channel written in Python.

Installation

For production environment, Fanboi2 has the following runtime requirements:

• Python 3.11
• PostgreSQL 14
• Redis

Additionally, the following packages are build-time requirements for compiling assets:

• Node LTS
• PNPM

On a non-FreeBSD, you will also need to install BSD Make (usually called bmake in GNU systems.)

Installing on FreeBSD systems

On FreeBSD systems, these packages can be installed with:

$ sudo pkg install ca_root_nss python311 py311-pip py311-sqlite3 postgresql14-server postgresql14-client redis node20 npm-node20

Install PNPM:

$ npm set prefix="$HOME/.local"
$ npm install -g pnpm

Setup PostgreSQL:

$ sudo sysrc postgresql_enable=YES
$ sudo service postgresql initdb
$ sudo service postgresql start
$ sudo -u postgres createuser $USER
$ sudo -u postgres createdb -O $USER fanboi2
$ sudo -u postgres createdb -O $USER fanboi2_dev
$ sudo -u postgres createdb -O $USER fanboi2_test

Setup Redis:

$ sudo sysrc redis_enable=YES
$ sudo service redis start

After all packages are installed, setup the application with:

$ git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sirn/fanboi2
$ cd fanboi2/
$ make

Configuring environment variables

For convenient during development, configure these environment variables in .env:

$ cat <<EOF > .env
CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/1
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/fanboi2_dev
POSTGRESQL_TEST_DATABASE=postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/fanboi2_test
REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
SERVER_DEV=true
SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
SERVER_PORT=6543
SESSION_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
EOF

Setting up application

Migrate the database:

$ make db-migrate

Start the application:

$ make prod-run

And you're done. Visit http://localhost:6543/admin/ to perform initial configuration.

Configuring

Fanboi2 uses environment variable to configure the application. You may want to use something like Direnv to manage these environment variables.

• AUTH_SECRET -- Required. Secret for authentication/authorization cookie.
• CELERY_BROKER_URL -- Required. Redis URL for Celery broker, e.g. redis://127.0.0.1/1
• DATABASE_URL -- Required. Database URL, e.g. postgres://127.0.0.1/fanboi2
• REDIS_URL -- Required. Redis URL, e.g. redis://127.0.0.1/0
• SESSION_SECRET -- Required. Secret for session cookie. Must not reuse AUTH_SECRET.
• GEOIP_PATH -- Path to GeoIP database, e.g. /usr/share/geoip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
• SERVER_DEV -- Boolean flag whether to enable dev console, default False
• SERVER_SECURE -- Boolean flag whether to only authenticate via HTTPS, default False.

Development

To setup Fanboi2 in development mode, run the following commands:

$ make dev

And run the server with:

$ make dev-run

Submitting changes

To submit patches to mailing list:

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sirn/fanboi2
2. Make the necessary changes.
3. Configure Git sendmail address: git config sendemail.to ~sirn/fanboi2-dev@lists.sr.ht
4. Create a patch: git format-patch -1 HEAD (refer to git-format-patch(1) for more info)
5. Send a patch: git send-email -1 (refer to git-send-email(1) for more info)