Binary package

This page explains how you can install Comentario locally using a binary package.

Prerequisites

• Your system has systemd, because Comentario runs as a systemd service.
• Optional: PostgreSQL is installed and running, and the required database is created.

Installation

• Download a .deb or .rpm binary package from the releases page.
• Run dpkg or rpm to install the package.

Configuration

Upon installation, Comentario (comentario.service) will start with all the default configuration, which may not be entirely correct.

The default configuration assumes:

• Comentario is using a local, file-based SQLite3 database for storing comments, users, statistics etc. The database file will be created at /var/lib/comentario/comentario.sqlite3.
• Comentario is listening on localhost port 80.

Feel free to make necessary changes:

• Edit the file /etc/comentario/comentario.conf containing the static configuration (as environment variables).
• Edit the secrets in /etc/comentario/secrets.yaml. Make sure the file is only readable by root (has 0600 permissions).

Then restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart comentario.service

Read more on configuring the backend here.