Installing Password Pusher on Arch Linux

Password Pusher is an open-source web application that allows you to securely share passwords between users. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Password Pusher on your Arch Linux system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Arch Linux running on your system
• A user with sudo privileges
• Basic knowledge of the command-line interface (CLI)

Step 1: Install Required Packages

To install Password Pusher, you need to install some required packages on your Arch Linux system. Open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S nginx mariadb php php-fpm

This command will install the nginx web server, mariadb database server, php programming language, and php-fpm module on your system.

Step 2: Configure the Database

Once you have installed the required packages, you need to configure the database for Password Pusher. Run the following command to enter the Mariadb shell:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the root password when prompted. Once you are in the Mariadb shell, run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE PasswordPusher; 
GRANT ALL ON PasswordPusher.* TO 'pwpush'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[password]';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 

Replace [password] with a strong password of your choice.

Step 3: Download Password Pusher

Download the Password Pusher source code from the official website by running the following command:

cd /var/www/
sudo git clone https://github.com/pglombardo/PasswordPusher.git

This will download the Password Pusher source code to the /var/www/PasswordPusher directory.

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Next, you need to configure Nginx to serve the Password Pusher web application. Run the following command to create a new Nginx server block:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/pwpush.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name [your-domain]; 
    root /var/www/PasswordPusher/web;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

    index index.php;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;

        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Replace [your-domain] with your domain name or IP address.

Once done, save and close the file by typing Ctrl+X and then Y.

Step 5: Configure PHP

Next, you need to configure PHP to work with Password Pusher. Open the PHP configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini

Search for the following line:

;extension=pdo_mysql

Remove the semicolon (;) at the beginning of the line to enable the PDO MySQL extension.

Once done, save and close the file by typing Ctrl+X and then Y.

Step 6: Start the Services

Next, you need to start the required services. Run the following commands:

sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl start php-fpm
sudo systemctl start mariadb

To ensure that these services start on boot, run the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable nginx 
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm 
sudo systemctl enable mariadb 

Step 7: Access Password Pusher

Once the services have started, you can access Password Pusher from your web browser by visiting [your-domain]. You should see the Password Pusher login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Password Pusher on Arch Linux. Once installed, you can securely share passwords between users using the Password Pusher web application.