How to Install Thumbor on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Thumbor on the latest version of FreeBSD. Thumbor is an open-source image processing server that enables us to create on-the-fly image manipulation operations.

Prerequisites

Before we dive into installing Thumbor on FreeBSD, you'll need:

• Access to a FreeBSD latest server
• Root privileges

Step 1: Update the FreeBSD Packages

Let's first update the FreeBSD package repository using the following commands:

# pkg update
# pkg upgrade

Step 2: Install the Python Package Manager (PIP)

Thumbor is a Python-based application, so we need to ensure that we have the Python package manager (pip) installed. Run the following command to install it:

# pkg install py38-pip

You can verify the installation's success by running the command:

# pip --version

Step 3: Install Thumbor

Now that we have pip installed, we can use it to install Thumbor. Use the following command to install Thumbor:

# pip install thumbor

Step 4: Configure Thumbor

Thumbor needs a configuration file to run. We will now create a configuration file for Thumbor. Create a directory to store the configuration file:

# mkdir /usr/local/etc/thumbor/

Create the Thumbor configuration file with the following command:

# vim /usr/local/etc/thumbor/thumbor.conf

Add the following contents to the configuration file:

#thumbor configuration file

# the IP address Thumbor should listen on
IP = '0.0.0.0'

# the port Thumbor should listen on
PORT = 8000

# the maximum image size Thumbor should process (in pixels)
MAX_WIDTH = 5000
MAX_HEIGHT = 5000

# path for local file storage
FILE_STORAGE_ROOT_PATH = '/srv/thumbor/storage'

# enable meme generation
ENABLE_MOTD = True

# set the allowed image domains
ALLOWED_SOURCES = ['.example.com']

You can modify the various configuration parameters to suit your specific needs.

Step 5: Start Thumbor

Now that Thumbor is installed and configured, we can start it using the following command:

# thumbor -c /usr/local/etc/thumbor/thumbor.conf

Thumbor should now be running and listening on port 8000. You can now verify this by accessing http://your_server_ip:8000 from your browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we've covered the steps to install and configure Thumbor on FreeBSD. Thumbor is a powerful image processing server that can greatly enhance your web application by providing on-the-fly image manipulation capabilities.

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