Sovereign is a self-hosted suite of useful tools for managing web-based services like email, file syncing, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Sovereign on Manjaro.
Before you proceed with the installation, make sure you have:
To begin the installation process, you need to install some packages and libraries that are required by Sovereign.
Open the terminal on your system and run the following command to update the package list:
sudo pacman -Syu
Now, run the command below to install the required dependencies:
sudo pacman -S build-essential python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv python-mysqldb fabric
Sovereign requires a local DNS server for its proper functioning. We will be using dnsmasq as our local DNS server in this tutorial. You can install it with the following command:
sudo pacman -S dnsmasq
Once the installation is complete, you need to configure dnsmasq. Open the file /etc/dnsmasq.conf with your text editor and add the following lines at the end of the file:
listen-address=127.0.0.1
address=/local/127.0.0.1
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Now, restart dnsmasq using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart dnsmasq
To download and install Sovereign, you need to clone the repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign.git
Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the sovereign directory:
cd sovereign
Create a new Python virtual environment using the following command:
python virtualenv.py sovereign
Activate the newly created virtual environment with the following command:
source sovereign/bin/activate
Now, install Sovereign and its dependencies with the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Before you start using Sovereign, you need to configure it properly. You can configure Sovereign using the config.yml file, which is located in the sov directory.
Copy the config.template.yml file to config.yml using the following command:
cp sov/config.template.yml sov/config.yml
Open the config.yml file with your text editor and make the necessary changes based on your configuration.
Once you have configured Sovereign, you can start it with the following command:
fab all bootstrap
This will create a new user account, generate SSL certificates, set up the required services, and start them.
You can access Sovereign by visiting https://box.local/ in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sovereign on your Manjaro system. You can use Sovereign to manage your web-based services with ease.
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