Installing Bepasty on FreeBSD

Bepasty is an open-source file sharing server that allows users to securely share files and text snippets with others. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install and configure Bepasty on the most recent version of FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing Bepasty, make sure that your FreeBSD system has the following dependencies installed:

• Python 2.7 or Python 3.2+
• pip
• Git

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install the required dependencies, open the terminal on your FreeBSD system and run the following commands:

sudo pkg install python git py37-pip
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.7 /usr/bin/python

The last command is necessary because Bepasty requires Python 3.7, which is installed in the path /usr/local/bin/python3.7. We create a symlink to this location to make it easier to run the program.

Step 2: Install Bepasty

1. Clone the Bepasty Git repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/bepasty/bepasty-server.git

2. Change directory to the cloned Bepasty repository:

cd bepasty-server

3. Install Bepasty and its dependencies using pip:

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
sudo pip install .

Step 3: Configure Bepasty

1. Create a Bepasty configuration file:

cp dev.ini.example dev.ini

2. Edit the configuration file as needed. You can change the default port, storage directory, and other options.

nano dev.ini

3. Generate a secret key:

openssl rand -hex 32 > bepasty.key

4. Save the secret key to the location mentioned in the configuration file. For example, in our case, we need to add the following line to dev.ini file:

secret: /path/to/bepasty.key

Step 4: Start Bepasty Server

To start the Bepasty server, run the following command:

bepasty-server -c dev.ini -d

This will start the Bepasty server in daemon mode, based on the configuration file you created earlier.

You can now access the Bepasty server by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Bepasty on FreeBSD!

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