Mars Server is a self-hosted remote management platform, which enables you to manage your servers directly from your web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Mars Server on NetBSD.
Before we begin, ensure you have:
Firstly, update the system packages by running the following command in the terminal:
pkgin update
Next, we need to install Node.js in the system. To do that, run the following command:
pkgin install nodejs
Mars Server requires MongoDB to store its data. We will install it from the MongoDB repository rather than the NetBSD Package Repository. To install MongoDB, follow these steps:
Import the public key used to certify packages from the MongoDB repository.
curl https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc | sudo tee /etc/pkg/keys/mongodb.asc
Create a configuration file for the repository.
echo "http://repo.mongodb.org/packages/NetBSD/7.0/mongodb-org/5.0" | sudo tee /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories/mongodb.conf
Update the package repository.
pkgin update
Install MongoDB.
pkgin install mongodb-org
Now, we need to clone the Mars Server repository from GitHub. To do that, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/borjapazr/mars-server.git
Navigate to the Mars Server directory and install the required packages using the following command:
npm install
Copy the sample.config.js file to config.js and edit it to your needs:
cp sample.config.js config.js
Finally, start the server using the following command:
npm start
And that’s it! You have successfully installed Mars Server on NetBSD. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access the Mars Server Dashboard.
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