Pomf is a lightweight file hosting solution that allows you to upload and share files with others. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Pomf on Manjaro.
Before we start installing Pomf, we need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed. Run the following command in terminal to install the dependencies:
sudo pacman -S perl-crypt-rijndael perl-dbd-sqlite perl-digest-sha1 perl-lwp-protocol-https perl-object-tiny perl-starlet perl-yaml-tiny fcgi apache
Next, we need to download Pomf from its Github repository. Run the following command in terminal to clone the Pomf repository:
git clone https://github.com/Pomf/Pomf.git
This will download the Pomf files into a folder named Pomf in your current directory.
Before we can start using Pomf, we need to configure it. Navigate to the Pomf folder and copy the config-example.yaml file to config.yaml:
cd Pomf
cp config-example.yaml config.yaml
Next, open the config.yaml file with your text editor of choice, and make any necessary changes. For example, you might want to change the uploads directory, or modify the maximum file size that can be uploaded.
Now, we need to set up Apache to work with Pomf. Run the following command in terminal to create a new Apache configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-pomf.conf
In this file, paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/path/to/pomf"
ServerName example.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/pomf-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/pomf-access_log" common
<Directory "/path/to/pomf">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<FilesMatch "\.fcgi$">
SetHandler fcgid-script
</FilesMatch>
FcgidWrapper "/path/to/pomf/public.fcgi" virtual
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace /path/to/pomf with the actual path to the folder where you downloaded Pomf, and example.com with your own domain name.
Save and close the file, then restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
Finally, we can start Pomf. Navigate to the Pomf folder and run the following command:
./public.fcgi
This will start Pomf as a FastCGI process. You can now visit your Pomf instance in a web browser by navigating to http://example.com (where example.com is the domain name you specified in the Apache configuration file).
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Pomf on Manjaro.
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