Installation of Pomf on Debian

Pomf is a lightweight file-sharing platform that is easy to install and use. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Pomf on Debian.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing Pomf, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system.

• Debian Latest
• Apache
• PHP
• MySQL
• Git

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, you need to install Git, Apache, PHP, and MySQL on your system. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git apache2 php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-mysql mysql-server -y

Step 2: Clone Pomf Repository

Once you have installed all the required packages, you need to clone the Pomf repository. You can do this by running the following command:

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

Step 3: Configure MySQL

After cloning the repository, you need to create a new database for Pomf. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

This command will open the MySQL prompt. Here, you need to create a new database, user, and grant privileges. You can do this by running the following command:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE pomf;
mysql> CREATE USER 'pomfuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pomfpassword';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pomf.* TO 'pomfuser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit

Step 4: Configure Pomf

Next, you need to configure Pomf. To do this, you need to edit the config.php file. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo nano /var/www/Pomf/config.php

Here, you need to update the following parameters:

$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'pomfuser';
$password = 'pomfpassword';
$database = 'pomf';
$siteName = 'Pomf';
$allowed_extensions = array('jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'zip', 'rar', '7z', 'mp3', 'mp4', 'wav', 'ogg', 'webm');

Step 5: Configure Apache

After configuring Pomf, you need to configure Apache to serve Pomf files. You can do this by creating a new virtual host configuration file by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/pomf.conf

Here, you need to add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName yourdomain.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/Pomf/
  <Directory /var/www/Pomf/>
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride All
     Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

After adding the configuration, save and close the file.

Step 6: Enable the Pomf Configuration

Next, enable the Pomf configuration by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite pomf.conf

Step 7: Restart Apache

Finally, restart Apache to apply all the changes by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pomf on Debian. Now, you can start uploading and sharing files on your new Pomf instance.