Installing Pontoon on Debian and Ubuntu

In this section we will see how to install a fresh Pontoon install on Debian and Ubuntu.

Important

If not otherwise specified, commands of this manual must be run as root.

Contents:

• Requirements
• PostgreSQL
  • Installing PostgreSQL
  • Connecting to the PostgreSQL Console
  • Creating the Pontoon’s Database
  • Creating the Pontoon’s User
• Pontoon
  • Installing Pontoon
  • Configuring Pontoon
  • Populating the Database
  • Creating the Initial Administrator User
• Automatic Synchronization (cron)
• Startup Configuration (systemd)
• Nginx
  • Installing Nginx
  • Configuring a Nginx Vhost For Pontoon