How to Install s3server on nixOS Latest:

s3server is a lightweight and easy-to-install S3-compatible object storage server. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install s3server on nixOS Latest.

Pre-requisites:

  1. NixOS Latest installed on your system.
  2. Git installed on your system.

Installation Steps:

Step 1: Open your terminal and clone the s3server repository from this Github URL https://github.com/jessfraz/s3server using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/jessfraz/s3server

Step 2: Navigate to the cloned directory using the following command:

cd s3server

Step 3: Now, we will generate a default configuration file for s3server using the following command:

./s3server --config > config.yaml

Step 4: Install the dependencies of s3server using the following Nix command:

nix-shell "<nixpkgs>" -A go --run 'go get -u'

Step 5: Finally, we can run s3server by running the following command:

./s3server --config config.yaml

Conclusion:

Now you have successfully installed and set up s3server on your nixOS Latest system. You can use this lightweight and easy-to-use object storage server as per your requirements.

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