How to Install Indieauth on Elementary OS

Indieauth is a service that lets you use your own domain to authenticate with websites that support it. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Indieauth on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you will need to make sure that you have the following:

• A domain name pointing to your server (e.g. example.com)
• A server running the latest version of Elementary OS

Step 1: Install Nginx

The first step is to install Nginx (a web server) on your server. You can do this by opening a terminal window and running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx

Step 2: Install Indieauth

Next, download the latest version of Indieauth by running:

curl https://install.indieauth.com | bash

This will automatically download and install Indieauth on your server.

Step 3: Configure Nginx

In order to use Indieauth with your domain, you need to configure Nginx to serve the Indieauth website. Create a new Nginx configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/indieauth

Paste the following configuration code into the file and save it:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

Replace example.com with your own domain name.

Next, enable the new configuration by creating a symlink to the sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/indieauth /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, restart Nginx with the following command:

sudo service nginx restart

Step 4: Test Indieauth

You can test if Indieauth is installed and working correctly by visiting http://example.com/auth in your web browser. You should see the Indieauth login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Indieauth on your Elementary OS server. You can now use Indieauth to authenticate with websites that support it.