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How to install Passbolt on Void Linux

In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Passbolt on Void Linux. Passbolt is a free, open-source, and self-hosted password manager that uses PGP encryption to keep your passwords secure.

Prerequisites

Before installing Passbolt, you should have a few prerequisites installed on your Void Linux system:

• PHP 7.2 or higher
• Composer
• Nginx or Apache web server
• MariaDB or MySQL database

Step 1: Install required packages

To install the required packages for Passbolt, you can use the following command:

sudo xbps-install -S php php-pdo_mysql php-pgsql php-gnupg php-mbstring php-intl php-json nginx mariadb mariadb-client

Step 2: Configure MariaDB

Next, we need to configure our MariaDB database. Follow the steps below to do this:

1. Start the MariaDB service using the following command:

sudo ln -s /etc/sv/mariadb /var/service/

2. Then, run the following commands to create a new database and user for Passbolt:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your MariaDB root user password when prompted.

CREATE DATABASE passbolt;
CREATE USER 'passbolt_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON passbolt.* TO 'passbolt_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

3. Exit MariaDB using the command exit.

Step 3: Install Passbolt

Now that our prerequisites are installed and our database is configured, we can install Passbolt using Composer. Follow the steps below to do this:

1. Create a new directory for Passbolt:

sudo mkdir /var/www/passbolt

2. Change the ownership of the directory to your Nginx or Apache user:

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/passbolt

3. Change into the new directory and run the following command to download and install Passbolt:

sudo -u nginx composer create-project passbolt/passbolt --no-dev --prefer-dist /var/www/passbolt

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Finally, we need to configure our Nginx web server to serve Passbolt. Follow the steps below to do this:

1. Create a new Nginx server block using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/passbolt

2. Add the following contents to the file, replacing example.com with your domain name:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /var/www/passbolt/webroot;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

3. Save and close the file.

4. Create a symbolic link to enable the site:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/passbolt /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

5. Restart Nginx to apply the changes:

sudo service nginx restart

Step 5: Complete Passbolt setup

Now that Passbolt is installed and configured, you can complete the setup by opening the site in your web browser and following the on-screen instructions.

To access your Passbolt site, go to http://example.com (replace example.com with your domain name).

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Passbolt on your Void Linux system. Remember to keep your Passbolt installation up to date and follow best practices for securing your server.

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