Lufi is a free and open-source software, written in Perl, that allows users to share files securely and easily. It is a lightweight and self-hosted file-sharing tool that can be installed on different operating systems, including Fedora CoreOS. This tutorial will guide you through the installation steps for Lufi on Fedora CoreOS.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any new software, it is important to update the existing packages on your system. Run the following command in the terminal window to update the system:
sudo dnf update -y
Lufi requires several dependencies to be installed on the system. Run the following command to install all the necessary packages:
sudo dnf install perl perl-DBD-SQLite perl-DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn perl-Mojolicious perl-Try-Tiny perl-Crypt-XChaCha20 python3 python3-pip python3-jinja2 python3-passlib python3-cryptography -y
Once all the dependencies are installed, you can proceed with the installation of Lufi. First, clone the Lufi repository from the official Lufi repository on GitLab by running the following command:
sudo git clone https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi.git /opt/lufi
Next, navigate to the /opt/lufi directory:
cd /opt/lufi
Use cpanminus to install the Perl dependencies:
sudo cpanm --installdeps .
Use pip3 to install the Python dependencies:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
In this step, you will configure Lufi to match your requirements. Copy the sample configuration file, and edit it:
sudo cp lufi.conf.sample lufi.conf
sudo nano lufi.conf
Edit the following options as desired:
{
[...]
"base_url": "https://lufi.example.com",
"dbfile": "/opt/lufi/lufi.db",
"documentroot": "/opt/lufi/public",
"mofile": "/opt/lufi/lufi.pot",
"listen": "http://0.0.0.0:8080",
"contact": "contact@example.com",
"max_file_size": 100000000,
"openpgp_fingerprint": "0123456789abcdef",
"upload_delay": 1
}
Save and close the file once you have made all the required changes.
Once you have configured Lufi, you can start it by running the following command in the terminal window:
sudo morbo script/lufi
This will start the Lufi server and make it available through your web browser at the listen address specified in the configuration file.
You can now access Lufi in your web browser by navigating to the URL specified in the base_url option of the configuration file.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Lufi on Fedora CoreOS. By following the steps outlined here, you should now have a working instance of Lufi on your system, ready to share files securely and easily.
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