How to Install TahoeLAFS on OpenBSD

TahoeLAFS is a decentralized filesystem that provides secure and private storage for your data. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install TahoeLAFS on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• OpenBSD installed
• A user account with administrative privileges

Steps

1. Open a terminal window on your OpenBSD machine.
2. Install the python package:

doas pkg_add python

3. Install setuptools:

doas pip install setuptools

4. Download and install TahoeLAFS:

git clone https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git
cd tahoe-lafs
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

5. Generate a configuration file for TahoeLAFS:

tahoe create-node tahoe-lafs

6. Edit the tahoe-lafs/tahoe.cfg file and configure your node. Replace <FURL> with your node's FURL:

[node]
nickname = tahoe-lafs
web.port = tcp:3456
stats_gatherer.enabled = false
stats_provider.enabled = false

[client]
introducer.furl = <FURL>

7. Start the TahoeLAFS node:

tahoe start tahoe-lafs

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured TahoeLAFS on your OpenBSD machine. You can now begin using TahoeLAFS to store and share your data securely and privately.

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