Installing Pomf on NetBSD

Pomf is a lightweight, open-source file hosting platform. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Pomf on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, you need to ensure that the following tools are installed on your NetBSD system:

• Git: A popular version control system used for source code management.
• Nginx: A web server that will serve requests to your Pomf instance.
• PHP: A popular server-side scripting language used for web development.

Step 1: Clone the Pomf Repository

Start by cloning the Pomf repository to your NetBSD system. Run the command below to achieve this.

git clone https://github.com/Pomf/Pomf.git

This command will clone the Pomf repository into a directory named Pomf in your current directory.

Step 2: Configure Nginx for Pomf

Next, you need to configure Nginx to server requests to your Pomf instance. You can do this by creating a new virtual host configuration file.

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-available/pomf.conf

Paste the following configuration into the file.

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name example.com;

        root /path/to/Pomf/release/;
        index index.php;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
        }
}

Replace example.com with the domain name of your website, and /path/to/Pomf/release/ with the path to the release directory within the Pomf repository.

Step 3: Configure PHP-FPM

Next, you need to configure PHP-FPM to work with Nginx. Create a new PHP-FPM pool configuration file.

sudo nano /usr/pkg/etc/php-fpm.d/pomf.conf

Paste the following configuration into the file.

[pomf]
user = www
group = www
listen = /run/php-fpm/pomf.sock
listen.owner = www
listen.group = www
listen.mode = 0660

pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 5
pm.process_idle_timeout = 10s
pm.max_requests = 200

chdir = /path/to/Pomf/release/

Again, replace /path/to/Pomf/release/ with the path to the release directory within the Pomf repository.

Step 4: Start Nginx and PHP-FPM

Now that Nginx and PHP-FPM are configured, you can start the two services.

sudo /etc/rc.d/php-fpm start
sudo /etc/rc.d/nginx start

These commands will start PHP-FPM and Nginx, respectively.

Step 5: Test Pomf

You can now test your Pomf instance by visiting http://example.com in your web browser, replacing example.com with your website's domain name. If everything is set up correctly, you should see the Pomf homepage displayed.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Pomf on NetBSD. With your Pomf instance up and running, you can now start hosting files on your website.

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