How to Install Polaris on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Polaris on OpenBSD. Polaris is an open-source music streaming server that allows you to stream your music collection on any device with a web browser. It is developed in Rust and available on GitHub.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• OpenBSD installed
• Administrator access (root)

Step 1 – Install Rust

Polaris is developed using Rust programming language. Therefore, we will need to install Rust on our system. Fortunately, OpenBSD has Rust in its Package system.

On your OpenBSD terminal, run the following command to install Rust:

# pkg_add rust

This will install Rust and its dependencies on your system.

Step 2 – Clone the Polaris Repository

Now, we will download the Polaris repository from GitHub. We will use git to clone the repository. Run the following command on your terminal:

# git clone https://github.com/agersant/polaris

This will clone the polaris repository to your local machine.

Step 3 – Compile Polaris

After cloning the repository, navigate to the cloned directory using the cd command:

# cd polaris

Next, we will compile Polaris by running the following command:

# cargo build --release

This command will compile the Polaris server in the Release mode.

Step 4 – Configure Polaris

Before we can start using Polaris, we need to configure it. Polaris reads its configuration from a YAML file.

To create a configuration file, run the following command on your terminal:

# cp config/sample_config.yml config/config.yml

This will create a new configuration file with the name config.yml.

Next, open the configuration file using a text editor of your choice:

# vi config/config.yml

You can modify the configuration file to suit your needs. In this example, we will keep the default configuration settings.

Step 5 – Run Polaris

Now that we have compiled and configured Polaris, we can start the server. Run the following command on your terminal:

# target/release/polaris --config config/config.yml

This command will start the Polaris server on default port 5050. You can access the Polaris web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to:

http://localhost:5050

If you want to run Polaris on a different port, specify the port using the --port option:

# target/release/polaris --config config/config.yml --port 8080

This command will start Polaris on port 8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Polaris and configure it on OpenBSD. Polaris is a great music streaming server, and we hope that you find it useful.

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