How to Install Firefox Account Server on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Firefox Account Server (FXA) on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• You will need a Unix-based system with OpenBSD installed on it.
• Install Python 2.7 and pip.

Installation of Firefox Account Server

1. To install the Firefox Account Server, open up your terminal and clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mozilla/fxa-auth-server/
   

2. Navigate to the fxa-auth-server directory:

   cd fxa-auth-server
   

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Create your local configuration by copying config/dev.json to config/local.json:

   cp config/dev.json config/local.json
   

5. Configure your local configuration by editing the config/local.json file with the following:
   • A name for your database
   • A user for your database
   • A password for your database
6. Edit the config/local.json file to change the database and root_url values to match your server.
7. Initialize the database schema:

   ./bin/alembic -c development.ini upgrade head
   

8. Finally, start the server:

   bin/pserve development.ini
   

9. You can now access the Firefox Account Server at http://localhost:3030.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Firefox Account Server (FXA) on your OpenBSD system.

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