Chibisafe is a web application designed to store and share images securely. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Chibisafe on Arch Linux.
Before proceeding with the installation process, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
Open the terminal window and execute the following command to update the Arch Linux system's package manager:
sudo pacman -Syu
Now, install the following dependencies required for Chibisafe:
sudo pacman -S git python python-pip nginx
Use the following command to clone the Chibisafe repository from Github:
git clone https://github.com/Chibisafe/chibisafe.git
Move to the cloned directory using the cd command:
cd chibisafe
In the chibisafe folder, use the following command to install Chibisafe:
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
Now, generate a secret key for the Chibisafe application using the following command:
python app_secret.py
Save the generated secret key in the config.json file.
Now, configure Nginx to serve Chibisafe. Create a new Nginx configuration file for Chibisafe with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/chibisafe.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain_name;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
}
}
Replace your_domain_name with your domain name or IP address.
Use the following command to run the Chibisafe application:
python app.py
Open your web browser and go to http://your_domain_name to access Chibisafe. You can now create an account, upload images and share them securely.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Chibisafe on Arch Linux!
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