Sovereign is a powerful and flexible tool that allows you to set up your own personal cloud, with many of the features of commercial cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and others, but with the added benefit of privacy and ownership of your data. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Sovereign on MXLinux Latest, a popular Linux distribution.
Before we get started, you will need:
sudo privileges.First, we need to install some dependencies that Sovereign requires:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python python-dev python-setuptools python-pip build-essential git-core ntp
Next, we need to clone the Sovereign repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign.git
This will create a new directory called sovereign that contains all the files we need. cd into the new directory:
cd sovereign
Now that we have all the files we need, let's install Sovereign:
sudo python setup.py install
This should install Sovereign and all its dependencies.
Once Sovereign is installed, we need to configure it. Copy the sov/local_config.py.example file to sov/local_config.py:
cp sov/local_config.py.example sov/local_config.py
Next, open the sov/local_config.py file in your preferred text editor:
nano sov/local_config.py
In the file, you will need to specify some settings, such as your email address, domain name, and other options. Follow the instructions in the file to configure Sovereign to your liking.
Now that Sovereign is configured, we can start it up:
sudo sov runserver
This will start the Sovereign server and make it available on your local network.
That's it! You have now installed Sovereign on MXLinux Latest and can begin using it to create your own personal cloud. With Sovereign, you can have all the features of commercial cloud services, but with the added privacy and ownership of your data. Enjoy!
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