How to Install Jirafeau on FreeBSD

Jirafeau is a free and open-source file sharing web application that allows you to upload and share files securely online. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Jirafeau on FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation, you need to make sure that your FreeBSD system is updated:

sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade

Install Required Dependencies

Next, you need to install the required dependencies for Jirafeau. Run the following command to install them:

sudo pkg install nginx php74-fpm php74-tokenizer php74-mbstring php74-opcache php74-curl php74-openssl php74-fileinfo php74-json php74-zlib

Configure Nginx

To configure Nginx, create a new file /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/jirafeau.conf with the following content:

server {
    listen 80;
    root /usr/local/www/jirafeau;
    index index.php;
    server_name jirafeau.example.com;
    client_max_body_size 100M;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/jirafeau.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/jirafeau.error.log;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ .php$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Replace jirafeau.example.com with your domain name or IP address.

Next, create a document root directory for Jirafeau:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/www/jirafeau
sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/jirafeau

Install Jirafeau

Clone the Jirafeau Git repository:

git clone https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau.git /usr/local/www/jirafeau

Then, navigate to the Jirafeau directory:

cd /usr/local/www/jirafeau

And finally, install the required packages:

composer install --no-dev

Configure Jirafeau

Copy the sample configuration file:

cp jirafeau.default.php jirafeau.php

Then, open the jirafeau.php file and edit the following lines:

$config['urlprefix'] = '//jirafeau.example.com';
$config['urlmode'] = true;

Make sure to replace jirafeau.example.com with the domain name or IP address you are using for your Jirafeau installation.

Start Services

Finally, start the Nginx and PHP-FPM services:

sudo service nginx start
sudo service php-fpm start

Access Jirafeau

You can now access Jirafeau by navigating to your domain name or IP address in your web browser:

http://jirafeau.example.com

If everything is configured correctly, you should see the Jirafeau file sharing interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explained how to install Jirafeau on FreeBSD. Now you can use Jirafeau to upload and share files securely online.

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