How to install FileShelter on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing FileShelter on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure that you have the following installed on your system:

• A NetBSD installation.
• Git command-line tool.

Installing Dependencies

FileShelter requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before we can build and install it. To install them, run the following command:

pkgin install ocaml opam sqlite3

Next, we need to initialize OPAM:

opam init

Follow the prompts to complete the initialization process.

Cloning and Building FileShelter

Now that we have the dependencies installed on our system, we can proceed with cloning and building FileShelter from its GitHub repository.

1. Clone the FileShelter repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/epoupon/fileshelter.git

2. Change directory to the FileShelter directory:

cd fileshelter

3. The Makefile provided with FileShelter is not compatible with NetBSD so we need to modify it. To do this, run the following command:

sed -i 's/cc-opt = /cc-opt = -I\/usr\/pkg\/include /g' Makefile

4. Now, build FileShelter with this command:

make

5. This will generate two executable files fs and fssync. We need to copy them to a directory that is accessible to all users.

sudo cp fs /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp fssync /usr/local/bin/

Configuring FileShelter

Now that we have FileShelter installed on our system, we need to configure it to use our desired settings.

1. Create a new configuration file by running the following command:

cp config.ml.example config.ml

2. Edit the configuration file to match your settings.

Note: You should configure at least the following options:

• fileroot: This is the directory where the files will be stored.
• signup: Change this to false if you don't want to allow users to sign up on their own.
• admin_email: This is the email address where notifications will be sent.

3. Save the configuration file.

Starting FileShelter

We are now ready to start FileShelter on our system.

1. Start the FileShelter server by running the following command:

fs

2. You should see output similar to the following:

[2022-01-01T10:00:00Z INFO fileshelter] Listening for HTTP requests on http://0.0.0.0:8080

3. By default, FileShelter will run on port 8080, but you can change this using the --port option.

For example, to start FileShelter on port 9090, run the following command:

fs --port 9090

4. Once FileShelter is running, you can access it through a web browser by navigating to the IP address or hostname of the NetBSD system followed by the port number.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured FileShelter on NetBSD. Happy sharing!

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