Pomf is an open-source file-hosting web application that allows users to upload and share files. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Pomf on nixOS Latest.
Before installing Pomf, you need to ensure that the following dependencies are installed on the server:
Firstly, you need to install Nix and NixOS. You can install it using the following command:
curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
Next, you need to clone the Pomf repository from Github:
git clone https://github.com/Pomf/Pomf.git
Now, you need to install the dependent packages for Pomf. You can do this by using the nix-env
command:
nix-env -i mysql nginx php php-fpm
After installing the dependent packages, you need to create a new database and user for Pomf in MySQL. You can do this by following these steps:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE pomf;
CREATE USER 'pomf_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL ON pomf.* TO 'pomf_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Next, you need to configure Nginx to serve your Pomf instance. You can do this by creating a pomf.conf
file in the /etc/nginx/sites-available
directory with the following contents:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com; # Replace with your domain name
root /path/to/Pomf;
location / {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri /index.php =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock; # replace with your PHP version
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Now, you need to configure Pomf by updating the config.php
file with your MySQL database details. You can do this by copying the config.php.default
file to config.php
:
cp config.php.default config.php
Next, update the following variables in the config.php
file:
$config['db']['host'] = '127.0.0.1'; # replace with your MySQL host
$config['db']['database'] = 'pomf'; # replace with your Pomf database
$config['db']['username'] = 'pomf_user'; # replace with your Pomf database user
$config['db']['password'] = 'your_password'; # replace with your Pomf database user password
Finally, start the necessary services:
systemctl start mysql
systemctl start nginx
systemctl start php-fpm
Access your Pomf instance in a web browser at http://your_domain.com
, and you should see the Pomf upload page.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Pomf on nixOS Latest. By following these steps, you can have your own file-hosting service up and running in no time.
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