In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of installing Passbolt on NetBSD. Passbolt is an open-source password manager that helps users to store and share their passwords securely.
To install Passbolt on NetBSD, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Before installing Passbolt, make sure that your NetBSD system is up to date by running the following command:
pkgin -y update && pkgin -y upgrade
This command updates the package repositories and upgrades the package manager and all system packages.
Passbolt requires a LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. But since NetBSD is not Linux, we will install a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack instead.
To install the LAMP stack on NetBSD, run the following command:
pkgin -y install apache php php-mysqli php-curl php-dom mysql-server
This command installs Apache, PHP, MySQL, and some PHP modules required by Passbolt.
After installing MySQL, we need to configure it for Passbolt. Run the following commands to start the MySQL server and secure it:
/etc/rc.d/mysql start
mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen instructions to secure the MySQL installation.
Next, we will create a database and user for Passbolt.
mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted, then create a database and user for Passbolt:
CREATE DATABASE passbolt;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON passbolt.* TO 'passboltuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Now that we have installed the LAMP stack and configured MySQL, we can proceed to install Passbolt.
Download the latest version of Passbolt from the official website:
cd /tmp
fetch https://releases.passbolt.com/server/3.3.0/passbolt-ce-3.3.0.tar.gz
Extract the Passbolt archive and move it to Apache's document root:
tar xvfz passbolt-ce-3.3.0.tar.gz
chown -R www:www passbolt/
mv passbolt /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/
To configure Passbolt, we need to edit the app/Config/app.php file:
cd /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/passbolt/
cp app/Config/app.php.default app/Config/app.php
nano app/Config/app.php
In the app.php file, locate the following lines and edit them accordingly:
'username' => 'passboltuser',
'password' => 'password',
'database' => 'passbolt',
Replace passboltuser and password with the MySQL username and password that you created in Step 3.
Next, generate a secure key for Passbolt:
mkdir -p /usr/pkg/passbolt/app/tmp
chmod -R 777 /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/passbolt/app/tmp
./bin/cake passbolt register_secret --file /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/passbolt/app/config/gpg/server_secret.asc
Follow the on-screen instructions to generate the secret key.
Finally, restart Apache and visit the Passbolt login page to verify that the installation was successful:
/etc/rc.d/apache restart
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_ip_address/passbolt/, and you should see the Passbolt login page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Passbolt on NetBSD. You can now start using Passbolt to securely manage your passwords.
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