Passbolt is an open-source password manager that allows you to store and manage your passwords securely. This tutorial will walk you through the steps required to install Passbolt on MXLinux Latest.
Before we start installing Passbolt, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Before we start installing Passbolt, we need to install the dependencies required by the application. Open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnupg gnupg-curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libgmp3-dev php php-curl php-gnupg php-imagick php-intl php-json php-ldap php-mbstring php-mysql php-sqlite3 php-xml php-zip
If prompted, enter your password to authenticate the installation.
Passbolt requires an HTTPS connection, so we need to enable HTTPS on our system. To do this, we will install Apache and the SSL module. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install apache2 ssl-cert
After the installation is complete, run the following command to enable the SSL module:
sudo a2enmod ssl
We need to generate SSL certificates for our system. Run the following command to generate the SSL certificates:
sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/passbolt.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/passbolt.crt
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the certificate generation process.
Now that we have installed the dependencies and enabled HTTPS, we can proceed with the installation of Passbolt. Run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo curl -L -o /tmp/passbolt.zip https://github.com/passbolt/passbolt_api/releases/download/v3.1.0/passbolt-ce-3.1.0.zip
sudo unzip -d /var/www/html /tmp/passbolt.zip
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/passbolt
We need to configure the database for Passbolt. For this tutorial, we will use MySQL as our database. If you don't have MySQL installed, run the following command to install it:
sudo apt install mysql-server
After installing MySQL, run the following command to create a new database for Passbolt:
sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE passbolt;"
Next, we need to create a new user for the Passbolt database. Run the following commands to create a new user and grant privileges to the Passbolt database:
sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER 'passbolt_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';"
sudo mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON passbolt.* TO 'passbolt_user'@'localhost';"
sudo mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
Replace 'your_password' with a strong password.
Finally, we need to configure the Passbolt configuration file. Run the following command to open the configuration file in a text editor:
sudo nano /var/www/html/passbolt/config/passbolt.php
Scroll down and find the following section:
/**
* Database configuration.
*/
'datasources' => [
'default' => [
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '3306',
'username' => 'passbolt_user',
'password' => 'your_password',
'database' => 'passbolt',
],
],
Replace 'your_password' with the password you set when creating the Passbolt user in MySQL.
Save and close the file.
We're almost done! Open a web browser and enter the following URL:
https://localhost/passbolt
You may see a warning message that the connection is not secure. This is expected since we are using a self-signed SSL certificate. Click on the 'Advanced' button and click on 'Proceed to localhost'. You should now see the Passbolt setup screen.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Passbolt installation. After the installation is complete, you can log in to Passbolt using the administrator account you created during the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Passbolt on MXLinux Latest.
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