In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Files Sharing on OpenSUSE Latest. Files Sharing is an open-source file sharing application that allows users to securely share files with others. It uses end-to-end encryption to ensure that the files are only accessible by the intended recipient.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
To install Files Sharing, you will need to install some packages. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the package repository and install the required packages:
sudo zypper update && sudo zypper install git nginx php7-fpm php7-gd php7-json php7-mbstring php7-opcache php7-tokenizer php7-zip
Files Sharing requires a database to store data. We will use MariaDB for this purpose. To install MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo zypper install mariadb
After installation, start the MariaDB service and configure it.
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to secure your MariaDB installation.
After securing MariaDB installation, create a new database for Files Sharing and a new user with all privileges on the database.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE filesharing;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON filesharing.* TO 'filesharing'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.
Now that you have installed the required packages and configured the database, it's time to clone the Files Sharing repository from GitHub.
sudo git clone https://github.com/axeloz/filesharing.git /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing
Nginx is a high-performance web server that is used to serve Files Sharing. To configure Nginx, create a new server block for Files Sharing.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/filesharing.conf
Add the following code to the file:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing/public;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
charset utf-8;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm7/www.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace 'yourdomain.com' with your actual domain name.
Save and close the file.
Next, start the Nginx service and enable it.
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx
Before we can access Files Sharing, we need to configure it.
sudo cp /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing/.env.example /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing/.env
sudo nano /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing/.env
In the .env file, update the following fields:
APP_ENV=production
APP_URL=http://yourdomain.com
DB_DATABASE=filesharing
DB_USERNAME=filesharing
DB_PASSWORD=password
ENCRYPT_KEY=encryption_key
Replace 'yourdomain.com', 'password', and 'encryption_key' with your actual values.
Next, generate a new encryption key.
sudo php /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing/artisan key:generate
Finally, we need to run the database migrations to create the necessary tables in the database.
sudo php /usr/share/nginx/html/filesharing/artisan migrate
Files Sharing is now ready to use. Open your web browser and navigate to:
http://yourdomain.com
Replace 'yourdomain.com' with your actual domain name.
You should now see the Files Sharing login page. Use the default login credentials to access the application:
Email: admin@admin.com
Password: password
You should change these default credentials immediately after logging in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Files Sharing on OpenSUSE Latest.
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