rp.ly

photo, voice and text chat newsfeed for groups

try it free:

• https://rp.ly

the rp.ly newsfeed can include (private & public) remote content from other rp.ly sites and RSS feeds

the feed can also be accessed from podcast apps, feed readers and other rp.ly sites

other free rp.ly sites:

• https://photo.gy
• https://audio.gy

Screenshots

Prerequisites

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1. Web server with command-line shell (free from Amazon, $5/mo at Digital Ocean, Linode)

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2. Domain Name or subdomain

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3. Twilio Account (for notifying friends via Text Message)

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4. Sendgrid Account (for notifying friends via Email)

Installation

(tested with Ubuntu Linux 18.04)

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1. Download System software

apt install python3-pip unzip python3-certbot-apache ffmpeg

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2. Download Python software

pip3 install flask flask_socketio python-dateutil lxml feedparser flask_cors pillow sendgrid twilio gunicorn pytz flask_talisman flask_seasurf pydub

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3. Download rp.ly

wget https://rp.ly/file/latest.zip

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4. Unzip rp.ly

unzip latest.zip

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5. Set Twilio keys

export TWILIO_ID=xxx

export TWILIO_TOKEN=xxx

export TWILIO_FROM=1231231234

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6. Set Sendgrid key

export SENDGRID_TOKEN=xxx

export [email protected]

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7. Set host name

export APP_HOSTNAME=photo.gy

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8. Set file name

export FLEET_APP=rp.ly.html

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9. Set secret

export APP_SECRET_KEY=changeThisExample

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10. Get free SSL certificate

certbot certonly --apache

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11. Stop apache web server

service apache2 stop

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12. Copy SSL cert

cp /etc/letsencrypt/live/*/fullchain.pem .

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13. Copy SSL Cert key

cp /etc/letsencrypt/live/*/privkey.pem .

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14. Start app with Flask web server

python3 fleet.py 165.227.57.132

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15. Start app with Gunicorn web server

gunicorn --certfile=fullchain.pem --keyfile=privkey.pem --bind 165.227.57.132:443 --log-file=fleet.log fleet:app