LeoFS is a free, open-source, and distributed object storage system designed for cloud storage. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install LeoFS on Elementary OS.
Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
In the first step, we will install the dependencies required to install LeoFS.
Open the terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T keys together on your keyboard and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential automake autoconf libncurses5-dev openssl libssl-dev fop xsltproc unixodbc-dev libpam0g-dev libsnappy-dev
The above command will update the system repositories and install all the dependencies required to install LeoFS.
LeoFS requires Erlang version greater than or equal to 19.0. To install Erlang on our system, we will run the following commands.
First, we will add the Erlang Solutions repository:
wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb && sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb
Update the system repositories:
sudo apt-get update
Install the Erlang package:
sudo apt-get install -y erlang
Once the installation is complete, verify the installation by running the following command:
erl
This will open the Erlang shell. Type q(). to exit the shell.
In this step, we will install LeoFS on Elementary OS.
Clone the LeoFS repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/leo-project/leo_project.git ~/leo_project
Go to the leo_project directory:
cd ~/leo_project
Checkout the stable branch:
git checkout tags/leo_gateway-1.5.1
Build LeoFS:
make
Install LeoFS:
make install
Once the installation is complete, start LeoFS:
bin/leo_gateway start
To verify that LeoFS is running, open a web browser, and go to http://localhost:8080. You should see the LeoFS gateway index page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed LeoFS on Elementary OS.
In this tutorial, we have guided you through the steps to install LeoFS on Elementary OS. You can now use LeoFS for distributed object storage, backups, and cloud storage.
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