TahoeLAFS is a Free and Open source Software system for creating and managing secure distributed data storage solutions. In this tutorial, we are going to install TahoeLAFS on Clear Linux Latest.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure you have the following:
To download the TahoeLAFS repository from Github, we need to install git first. Run the following command to install git:
sudo swupd bundle-add git
Once git is installed, you can check its version by running:
git --version
Next, you need to clone the TahoeLAFS repository from Github. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git
Once the repository is cloned, you can navigate to the TahoeLAFS directory by running:
cd tahoe-lafs
TahoeLAFS requires some dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. Run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo ./bin/run-dev.py --no-web --no-eggs --no-gtk install
This command will install all the required dependencies for TahoeLAFS.
Once all the dependencies are installed, you can install TahoeLAFS by running:
sudo ./bin/run-dev.py --no-web create-node alice
This command will create a node with the name "alice". You can choose any name you like.
To start the TahoeLAFS Node, run the following command:
sudo ./bin/run-dev.py start alice
This command will start the TahoeLAFS Node with the name "alice".
To access the TahoeLAFS WebUI, open a web browser and go to the following URL:
http://localhost:3456/
This will open the TahoeLAFS WebUI in your web browser. You can control and manage your TahoeLAFS Node from here.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and set up TahoeLAFS on Clear Linux Latest. You can use TahoeLAFS to create your distributed data storage solution easily.
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