BounCA is an open-source platform for managing digital certificates on Linux-based systems. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install BounCA on the latest Ubuntu server version.
Before we begin, make sure that:
Before starting any installation process on your Ubuntu server, update the system to the latest packages and libraries. Open your terminal and run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
BounCA is an open-source project that is available on GitHub. Therefore, you need to install Git to download the source code from the GitHub repository. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git
After successfully installing Git, clone BounCA’s repository to your Ubuntu server. Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/bounca/bounca.git
This will download the latest version of BounCA to your server.
Before executing the installation script for BounCA, install the dependencies required by the platform. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip libffi-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libxml2-utils libxslt1-dev libxslt1.1 libyaml-dev zlib1g-dev
After installing dependencies, navigate to the BounCA directory and execute the installation script:
cd bounca
sudo pip3 install .
This command will install BounCA on your Ubuntu server.
After BounCA is installed, start the service to create the database and user accounts. Run the following command:
sudo service bounca start
The BounCA service is now running on your Ubuntu server.
Open your web browser and navigate to "http://your-server-ip-address:26932/". You will see the BounCA login page. Enter the default username "admin" and password "admin" to log in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed BounCA on your Ubuntu server. You can now log in to the platform and start managing your digital certificates.
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