How to Install Filebrowser on NetBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Filebrowser, a web-based file manager, on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• NetBSD installed on your system
• A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Go

Filebrowser is written in Go, so we need to install it before we can proceed with the installation.

To install Go on NetBSD, run the following command:

sudo pkgin update
sudo pkgin install go

Step 2: Download and Install Filebrowser

Download the latest release of Filebrowser from the official website:

curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/filebrowser/filebrowser/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep 'netbsd' | xargs curl -OL

Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ -xvf filebrowser-netbsd-amd64.tar.gz

(Note: this assumes you're running on an AMD64 architecture. If you're running on a different architecture, replace "amd64" with your architecture.)

Make the binary executable using the following command:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filebrowser

Step 3: Configure Filebrowser

Create a system user that Filebrowser can use:

sudo useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin filebrowser

Create a directory for storing Filebrowser's configuration files:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/etc/filebrowser

Copy the default configuration file to the newly created directory:

sudo cp /usr/local/bin/filebrowser/conf/filebrowser.json /usr/local/etc/filebrowser

Edit the configuration file using your preferred text editor:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/filebrowser/filebrowser.json

Change the following options to appropriate values:

{
  "port": 80,
  "root": "/path/to/files",
  "baseURL": "",
  "database": "/usr/local/etc/filebrowser/filebrowser.db",
  "log": "stdout",
  "authentication": {
    "method": "proxy",
    "header": "X-Forwarded-User",
    "whitelist": [],
    "hash": ""
  }
}

(Note: you'll want to replace /path/to/files with the path to the directory you want Filebrowser to manage.)

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Enable and Start Filebrowser

Create a systemd service file for Filebrowser:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/filebrowser.service

Copy the following into the file:

[Unit]
Description=Filebrowser Service
After=network.target

[Service]
User=filebrowser
Group=filebrowser
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/etc/filebrowser
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -c /usr/local/etc/filebrowser/filebrowser.json

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save and close the file.

Enable the service on boot:

sudo systemctl enable filebrowser

Start the service:

sudo systemctl start filebrowser

Step 5: Access Filebrowser

Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address. You should see Filebrowser running and displaying the contents of the directory you specified in the configuration file.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Filebrowser on NetBSD.

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