xBrowserSync is a free and open-source bookmark and password manager that allows users to sync their bookmarks, history, and passwords across different web browsers. It is one of the most popular cross-browser syncing tools available in the market. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install xBrowserSync on Debian Latest.
Before you begin with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any packages, it's essential to update and upgrade your system packages to the latest version. To do that, run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Before starting the installation of xBrowserSync, we need to install some required dependencies. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install -y git curl nginx php7.3 php7.3-fpm php7.3-curl php7.3-mbstring php7.3-xml php7.3-zip
The above command will install the following packages:
Now that we have all the necessary packages installed; we can proceed to clone the xBrowserSync repository from Github. To do that, run the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/xbrowsersync/api.git /usr/share/nginx/xbrowsersync
After cloning the repository, we will navigate inside it using the following command:
cd /usr/share/nginx/xbrowsersync
Next, we will run a script to install and configure xBrowserSync using the following command:
sudo ./install.sh
We need to add a new server block in the Nginx configuration file to serve the xBrowserSync application. To do so, run the following command to open the default Nginx configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Replace the content of the file with the following configuration:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name _;
root /usr/share/nginx/xbrowsersync/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Next, we will enable the newly created server block configuration using the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, we will restart Nginx to apply the changes made using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Now that everything is set up and running, we can verify the installation by opening a web browser and navigating to the IP address of the Debian Latest server on port 80. You should be presented with a login page.
Enter the default credentials:
Once you have successfully logged in, you can start using the xBrowserSync bookmark and password manager.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install xBrowserSync on Debian Latest. We have gone through the prerequisites, the installation process, the Nginx server configuration, and the verification of the installation. We hope that you find this tutorial helpful and that you can start using xBrowserSync to sync your bookmarks and passwords across different web browsers.
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