How to Install Filebrowser on OpenBSD

Filebrowser is an open-source app that provides a web-based file manager. In this tutorial, we will teach you how to install Filebrowser on OpenBSD using the command line. Here's a step-by-step guide.

Prerequisites

1. A working OpenBSD operating system
2. A terminal with root access
3. Git

Steps

1. Open the terminal and log in as root.

2. Install Git using the command below.

   pkg_add git
   

3. Create a new user that will run Filebrowser, let's call it filebrowser.

   adduser
   

4. Make the filebrowser user the owner of /usr/local.

   chown -R filebrowser /usr/local
   

5. Switch to the filebrowser user.

   su - filebrowser
   

6. Clone the Filebrowser repository using Git.

   git clone https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser.git
   

7. Change the current directory to the cloned Filebrowser repository.

   cd filebrowser
   

8. Build Filebrowser using the make command.

   GOOS=OpenBSD GOARCH=amd64 make build
   

9. You will now have a binary in the dist/ directory. Copy the binary to the /usr/local/bin/ directory.

   cp dist/filebrowser /usr/local/bin/
   

10. Exit the filebrowser user.

exit

11. Configure the rc.local file to start Filebrowser on boot.

vi /etc/rc.local

Add the following line to the file.

su filebrowser -c "/usr/local/bin/filebrowser -r /usr/local -p 8080 >/dev/null 2>&1 &"

Save and close the file.

12. Reboot the system.

reboot

13. After the system has rebooted, Filebrowser will be available on http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Filebrowser on OpenBSD.

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