SFTPGo is a fully featured and highly configurable Open Source Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of SFTPGo on Arch Linux.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to ensure that your system packages are up to date by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
SFTPGo is available on Github, so we need Git to clone the repository. To install Git, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git
After installing Git, we can now clone the SFTPGo repository using the Git command. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo.git
Next, we need to build SFTPGo from the source and install it on the system. To do this, navigate to the cloned SFTPGo directory and run the following commands:
cd sftpgo
make build
sudo make install
This will build and install SFTPGo on your system. By default, the binary files will be installed in the /usr/local/bin directory.
After installing SFTPGo, the next step is to configure it to meet your specific needs. The default configuration file is located in the config directory, and you can edit it to suit your requirements.
cd config
cp example.yaml sftpgo.yaml
nano sftpgo.yaml
You can also create your own configuration file using the structure of the example file.
Finally, we can start SFTPGo by running the sftpgo command. This will read the configuration file specified and start the SFTP server.
sftpgo -config=config/sftpgo.yaml
It is also possible to run SFTPGo as a systemd service by creating a systemd unit file.
Now that you have successfully installed and configured SFTPGo on your Arch Linux operating system, you can start using it to securely transfer files.
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