Lufi is a free (as in freedom) and open-source software for sharing files with end-to-end encryption. It is developed by Framasoft, a non-profit association that promotes free software and online services.
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Lufi on NixOS Latest, a Linux distribution that emphasizes declarative configuration and reproducibility.
Before you begin, you should have:
Lufi requires several dependencies to be installed on the system. You can install them by adding the following code to the configuration.nix file:
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
buildPackages.gcc
buildPackages.make
libmaxminddb
nginx
perlPackages.CryptX
perlPackages.DB_File
perlPackages.DataUniqid
perlPackages.Image-ExifTool
perlPackages.JSON
perlPackages.JSON-WebToken
perlPackages.LWP-Protocol-https
perlPackages.MIME-Base64
perlPackages.MIME-tools
perlPackages.Net-SSLeay
perlPackages.Plack
perlPackages.Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
perlPackages.Proc-Wait3
perlPackages.Random-XS
perlPackages.Try-Tiny
perlPackages.URI
perlPackages.XML-LibXML
perlPackages.YAML-LibYAML
perlPackages.memcached
perlPackages.starman
perlPackages.Test-Deep
perlPackages.Test-Exception
perlPackages.declare
perlPackages.dancer2
perlPackages.dancer2-session-cookie
perlPackages.dbd-mysql
perlPackages.memcached
perlPackages.module-build
perlPackages.module-build-tiny
perlPackages.module-find
perlPackages.module-implementation
perlPackages.module-manifest
perlPackages.module-metadata
perlPackages.module-runtime
perlPackages.module-versions-report
];
After you edit configuration.nix, perform NixOS rebuild.
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will download all the necessary dependencies for the Lufi installation.
To install Lufi, you need to clone the repository from the official Github page.
$ git clone https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi.git
Then, move to the directory that contains Lufi.
$ cd lufi
To install Lufi, you can run the following command:
$ make install
This command will create the necessary directories and install the Lufi software.
Lufi has a configuration file that you can modify to tailor the settings to your specific needs. The name of the configuration file is config.yml
.
$ sudo nano /usr/local/etc/lufi/config.yml
In this file, you can set the following parameters:
This parameter sets the email address that will be used to send the notification messages to the users. Set this to a valid email address.
email_from: "lufi@example.com"
Specify the parameters for the SMTP server. Example:
smtp:
server: "mail.example.com"
port: 587
username: "lufi@example.com"
password: "examplepassword"
starttls: true
ignore_cert: false
Specify the paths to the TLS key and certificate files.
tls:
key_file: "/etc/ssl/private/lufi.key"
cert_file: "/etc/ssl/certs/lufi.crt"
cert_chain_files: []
Specify the details of the MariaDB or MySQL database that Lufi will use.
database:
driver: "mysql"
host: "localhost"
port: 3306
username: "lufi_user"
password: ""
database: "lufi_db"
You can replace the driver, host, port, username, password, and database parameters with your own.
After you have made the necessary changes to the config.yml
file, save it and exit.
Then, restart the Lufi service for the changes to take effect.
$ sudo systemctl restart lufi
By default, Lufi runs on port 8080. You can access the web interface by pointing your browser to this URL:
http://localhost:8080/
If you want to use nginx as a reverse proxy, you can replace the default Nginx configuration file with the following:
server {
listen 80;
server_name lufi.example.com;
gzip on;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
access_log /var/log/nginx/lufi.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/lufi.error.log;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Nginx-Proxy true;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_redirect off;
}
listen [::]:80;
server_name lufi.example.com;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
Don't forget to change server_name
to your own domain name.
After editing the Nginx configuration file, reload the Nginx service.
$ sudo systemctl reload nginx
You now have an instance of Lufi installed on your NixOS Latest system. You can upload files securely and share them with your friends or colleagues.
To ensure that your data is safe, you can configure backups and take other security measures to protect your system.
Enjoy using Lufi on NixOS Latest!
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