How to Install Peergos on FreeBSD Latest

Peergos is a decentralized, secure and private cloud storage platform that allows users to store and share files securely. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Peergos on the FreeBSD latest operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that your FreeBSD system is up to date and has the following dependencies installed:

• Go programming language version 1.8 or higher
• Git

If you don't have these dependencies installed, you can use the following commands to install them:

pkg install go git

Step 1 - Download and build Peergos

To download and build Peergos on FreeBSD, we need to follow these steps:

1. Create a directory for the project and navigate to that directory:

mkdir peergos && cd peergos

2. Clone the Peergos repository:

git clone https://github.com/Peergos/Peergos.git

3. Change directory into the Peergos root directory:

cd Peergos

4. Build Peergos by running the following command:

go build -o peergos

This step may take a few minutes to complete depending on your system's speed and network connection.

Step 2 - Run Peergos

To run Peergos, follow the steps below:

1. Initialize Peergos by running the following command :

./peergos init

This will initialize Peergos and run some tests to ensure that everything is working correctly.

2. Start the Peergos server by running the following command:

./peergos server start

This will start the Peergos server and provide you with the URL you can use to access it.

Step 3 - Access Peergos Web Interface

Once Peergos is installed and running, you can access the web interface by opening your preferred web browser and going to the URL provided when you started the server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Peergos on FreeBSD latest operating system. Peergos provides a secure and private cloud storage solution that makes it easy to store and share files.

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