Surfer is a modern web application for sharing files securely. It's an open-source application that allows users to send large files from one system to another securely. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Surfer on NetBSD.
Before we get started with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update your system and ensure that you have all the latest packages installed. Run the following command to update your system:
sudo pkgin update
sudo pkgin upgrade
Surfer requires some packages to be installed on the system. The following command will install all the required dependencies:
sudo pkgin install git go
Use the following command to clone the Surfer repository:
git clone https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/surfer.git
cd surfer
Next, build the Surfer binary:
go build
After building the binary file, you can run Surfer using the following command:
./surfer
By default, Surfer listens on port 8000. You can configure the listening port and other settings by modifying the settings.json file.
nano settings.json
Update the necessary settings and save the file.
To start Surfer automatically at boot, we need to add it as a system service. Create a new file named surfer.service in the /etc/sv directory:
sudo nano /etc/sv/surfer.service
Paste the following contents into the file:
#!/bin/sh
exec /path/to/surfer 2>&1
Replace /path/to/surfer with the actual path to the Surfer binary file.
Make the service file executable:
sudo chmod +x /etc/sv/surfer.service
And enable it:
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/surfer.service /etc/service/
Now that Surfer is installed and configured, you can access it from your web browser by navigating to http://<NetBSD's_IP_address>:8000/
The above installation steps will install Surfer on NetBSD operating system. Enjoy using it!
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