LibreTranslate-init

Shell scripts to install LibreTranslate

Uses WSGI with Gunicorn and Nginx.

Install

# Add libretranslate user
useradd libretranslate
mkdir /home/libretranslate
chown libretranslate:libretranslate /home/libretranslate
usermod -aG sudo libretranslate
passwd -d libretranslate
su libretranslate

# Download LibreTranslate-init
git clone https://github.com/argosopentech/LibreTranslate-init.git ~/LibreTranslate-init

# Download dependencies and run LibreTranslate on port 5000
~/LibreTranslate-init/setup.sh

# Set server_name to your domain name in ~/LibreTranslate-init/nginx

# Run LibreTranslate WSGI with nginx and systemd
~/LibreTranslate-init/run.sh

# Check LibreTranslate status
sudo systemctl status libretranslate

# Enable https
~/LibreTranslate-init/get-cert.sh

Tutorials

• Video tutorial
• Video tutorial 2

Configuration

1. Find the setting you would like to change in the LibreTranslate settings
2. Add the setting to the environment of your libretranslate.service SystemD file