Self hosting Forem(Dev) on your VPS; using t2d!

Now you can have your own [dev.to like] community. In this installation process, I use t2d(Talk to Dokku) a bash script which is powered by whiptail and dokku.

Forem

Forem is open source software for building communities. It is the open source software that powers DEV and other inclusive communities; including my own community

Other Communities which are using Forem: https://www.forem.com/discover/

t2d

t2d aka Talk to Dokku; is a Terminal User Interface(TUI) powered by dokku and whiptail. With t2d you will be able to deploy apps in most popular programming languages, link them to most popular databases and all that with almost zero configuration from your side. Apart from all these amazing features it will also save you money along the way.

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Demonstrating Forem Installation using t2d

Screen Shots of t2d v2.1

Once the installation was done, sometimes you need to update your ENV variables or Update your entire Forem instance with the latest changes.

You can also use t2d for post deploy configuration. Right now, I added only few very necessary options. This section of the t2d will update daily.

Repository

akhil-naidu / t2d

TUI for Dokku-CLI

What is t2d?

t2d aka Talk to Dokku; is a beautiful Terminal User Interface(TUI) powered by dokku. With t2d you will be able to deploy apps in most popular programming languages, link them to most popular databases and all that with almost zero configuration from your side. Apart from all these amazing features it will also save you money along the way.

Our Vision

We started to work on this because current deployment solutions were expensive or hard to configure. With t2d we plan to provide a solution where deployment experience is smooth, enjoyable and affordable.

What is Dokku?

Dokku is Docker-powered Heroku-like tool that allows you to deploy complex applications by simply pushing it via Git repository. Behind the scenes it runs on herokuish, which essentially is emulating same functionalities that you are using when you deploy your apps on Heroku. As it supports all the Heroku buildpacks, it…

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