PsiTransfer is an open-source, easy-to-use, and secure web-based file transfer platform. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install PsiTransfer on NetBSD in a few straightforward steps.
Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that your NetBSD system meets the following prerequisites:
PsiTransfer requires some additional dependencies to work correctly. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -v nodejs npm git
This command will install Node.js, NPM, Git and the required dependencies for PsiTransfer.
Go to the PsiTransfer GitHub repository and clone the latest version of PsiTransfer on your NetBSD system using the following command:
cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
sudo git clone https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer.git
This command will download PsiTransfer to the /usr/local/www/apache24/data/psitransfer directory.
After downloading PsiTransfer, navigate to the PsiTransfer directory using the following command:
cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/psitransfer/
PsiTransfer comes with a config.dist.php file that you need to rename to config.php. You can do that with the following command:
sudo cp config.dist.php config.php
Next, edit the config.php file and configure the database settings, email settings, allow automatic file deletion, and file upload size limit according to your preferences.
sudo nano config.php
Save the changes and exit the editor.
PsiTransfer requires some PHP extensions to be installed on your NetBSD system. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -v php74-pdo_mysql php74-posix php74-fileinfo php74-mbstring php74-xml php74-filter
This command will install the necessary PHP extensions required for PsiTransfer to work.
PsiTransfer requires a database to store the file transfer information. You can create a new database named psitransfer and a new user psitransferuser with the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL/MariaDB root user password and then run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE psitransfer;
GRANT ALL ON psitransfer.* TO 'psitransferuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace the password with a strong password of your choice in the above command.
PsiTransfer requires some permissions to its directories and files to function correctly.
cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/psitransfer/
sudo chown -R www:www cache/
sudo chown -R www:www log/
sudo chown -R www:www temp/
sudo chown -R www:www public/fileupload/
sudo chmod -R 774 cache/
sudo chmod -R 774 log/
sudo chmod -R 774 temp/
sudo chmod -R 774 public/fileupload/
After completing all the above steps, restart the Apache webserver to activate the new changes. You can do that by running the following command:
sudo /etc/rc.d/apache24 restart
Open your web browser and enter your NetBSD system's IP address or hostname. You should see the PsiTransfer login page. Enter the desired username and password, and you're ready to use PsiTransfer.
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured PsiTransfer on your NetBSD system.
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