In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Pomerium on OpenSUSE Latest.
Pomerium is an open-source, identity-aware proxy that enables secure access to internal applications. Pomerium provides a unified authentication and authorization layer that controls access to all of your applications, regardless of their location.
Before we begin, make sure that:
Pomerium is written in the Go programming language. Therefore, to install Pomerium, you first need to have Go installed.
To install Go on OpenSUSE Latest, run the following command:
sudo zypper in go
Verify the installation by running:
go version
To install Pomerium, follow these steps:
Download the latest Pomerium release from the official website:
wget https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/releases/download/v<version>/pomerium-linux-amd64
Replace <version> in the above command with the latest version of Pomerium.
Move the downloaded binary to /usr/local/bin/.
sudo mv pomerium-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/pomerium
Make the binary executable.
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pomerium
Test that Pomerium is installed correctly by running:
pomerium version
This should output the version of Pomerium that you have installed.
Pomerium requires a configuration file to run. You can either create a configuration file from scratch or use one of the provided examples.
Here is an example of a minimal configuration file that enables HTTP and HTTPS access to a single application:
authenticate_service_url: https://auth.example.com
client_id: your-client-id
client_secret: your-client-secret
cookie_secret: your-cookie-secret
listen_address: ":443"
upstream_url: https://app.example.com
Replace the following values in the above configuration file:
authenticate_service_url: The URL of your Pomerium authentication service.client_id: The client identifier of your OAuth2 application.client_secret: The client secret of your OAuth2 application.cookie_secret: A secure random string used for encrypting cookies.listen_address: The address and port to listen on (e.g., ":443" for HTTPS).upstream_url: The URL of your upstream application.Save the configuration file as config.yaml.
To start Pomerium, run the following command:
sudo pomerium --config /path/to/your/config.yaml
This will start Pomerium with the configuration file you created in the previous step. If everything is configured correctly, you should see output similar to the following:
INFO[0000] Using configuration file: /path/to/your/config.yaml
INFO[0000] Starting Pomerium...
INFO[0000] Listening on :443 (tls)...
INFO[0000] Listening on :80 (http)...
You can then access your application through Pomerium by going to https://your-pomerium-server.
You have now successfully installed and configured Pomerium on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Pomerium to secure access to your internal applications. For more information, see the official Pomerium documentation.
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