How to Install paaster on OpenBSD

paaster is a popular file sharing service that allows users to easily and securely share files with others. If you're an OpenBSD user and want to install paaster on your system, this tutorial will guide you through the process step by step.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• OpenBSD 6.2 or later
• Python 3.6 or later
• pip3 package manager

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Paaster requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. To install them, run the following command in your terminal:

$ doas pkg_add py3-sockets py3-cryptography py3-dateutil py3-falcon py3-passlib py3-werkzeug py3-yaml py3-setproctitle

Step 2 - Install paaster

To install paaster on your system, first clone the paaster repository on GitHub using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/paaster/paaster.git

Once the repository is downloaded, navigate to the paaster directory using the cd command:

$ cd paaster

Next, install paaster using pip3:

$ doas pip3 install .

Step 3 - Configure paaster

After installation, you need to configure paaster according to your system's settings. To do that, create a configuration file:

$ touch /etc/paaster/paaster.yaml

Edit the file using your preferred text editor and add the following settings:

paaster:
  bind_host: "127.0.0.1"
  bind_port: 5000
  encryption_key: "your_secret_key_here"
  socket_path: "/var/run/paaster.sock"
  work_dir: "/var/paaster/"

logging:
  console_level: "INFO"
  file_level: "INFO"
  file_path: "/var/log/paaster/paaster.log"

security:
  password_salt: "your_password_salt_here"

storage:
  backend: "file"
  file:
    path: "/var/paaster/storage/"

Make sure to replace the values your_secret_key_here and your_password_salt_here with your own unique values.

Step 4 - Start paaster

To start paaster, run the following command:

$ doas paaster

This will start the paaster service in the background, listening on port 5000. You can verify that the service is running by checking the logs:

$ tail -f /var/log/paaster/paaster.log

That's it! You've successfully installed and configured paaster on OpenBSD. You can now start using paaster to securely share files.

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