Introduction

Pomerium is an open-source identity-aware access proxy that can be used to securely expose internal applications to external networks. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Pomerium on an EndeavourOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation, make sure you have the following:

• A working EndeavourOS installation.
• sudo or root privileges.

Step 1: Install Go

Pomerium is written in Go, and to install it, you first need to install Go on your system. You can download and install the latest version of Go from the official website using the following commands:

wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

After the installation, add the following path to your ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

Activate the changes using the following command:

source ~/.bashrc

Step 2: Install Pomerium

To install Pomerium, follow these steps:

1. Download Pomerium:

   go get github.com/pomerium/pomerium
   

2. Build and install it:

   cd ~/go/src/github.com/pomerium/pomerium && make install
   

   This command will build and install Pomerium on your system.

Step 3: Configure Pomerium

Pomerium uses a configuration file to set up its parameters. You can either create a configuration file from scratch, or you can use one of the sample files provided by Pomerium.

For this tutorial, we will use the provided sample file. Create a new file named config.yaml in the directory where Pomerium is installed:

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/config.yaml

Copy the following content into the file:

shared_secret: "8Wx9XzvYezZJjMJZo/h82nAae1cgg6NfD6pNgySxlPA="
authenticate_service_url: "https://authenticate.corp.acme.net:4434/"
authorize_service_url: "https://authorize.corp.acme.net:4433/"
proxy_listen_address: ":443"
insecure_server: false
cookie_name: "_pomerium_session"
cookie_secure: true
cookie_http_only: true
cookie_domain: ".corp.acme.net"
cookie_exp: 7200
tls:
    crt: /etc/ssl/certs/corp.acme.net.crt
    key: /etc/ssl/private/corp.acme.net.key
    client_cas:
        - /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
        - /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.trust.crt

Save and close the file.

Note: Modify the tls settings to match the SSL certificates and CA files on your system.

Step 4: Run Pomerium

To run Pomerium, execute the following command:

pomerium serve --config /usr/local/bin/config.yaml

This command will start Pomerium with the configuration specified in the config.yaml file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Pomerium on EndeavourOS latest. You also learned how to configure and run Pomerium. With Pomerium installed and configured, you can now securely expose internal applications to external networks.