Installing Lufi on EndeavourOS

Lufi is a lightweight open-source file uploader designed for easy and secure file sharing. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Lufi on EndeavourOS, a rolling release Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation of Lufi, please ensure that your system satisfies the following prerequisites:

• A working EndeavourOS installation with sudo access.
• Apache web server up and running.
• Root access to the server.
• Git should be installed on your system.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

The first step is to install some required packages on your system. Open the terminal and type the following command to install the necessary packages:

sudo pacman -S perl-crypt-urandom perl-email-mime perl-email-sender perl-file-slurper perl-json perl-lwp-protocol-https perl-mojolicious perl-smart-comments perl-test-differences perl-test-exception perl-test-manifest perl-test-mockmodule perl-test-nowarnings perl-test-pod perl-test-pod-coverage perl-test-simple perl-test-subcalls perl-uri perl-xml-libxml

Step 2: Install Lufi

Now we will download Lufi from the project's repository on Framagit. Go to the terminal and type the following commands:

cd /var/www/
sudo git clone https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi.git

This will download the source code of Lufi into /var/www/lufi. Now we need to install some Perl modules. Navigate into the Lufi directory and execute the following command:

cd lufi/
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mojolicious::Plugin::AssetPack' 

Step 3: Configure Lufi

Lufi comes with a sample configuration file named lufi.conf. We need to copy this file and make changes according to our setup.

cd /var/www/lufi
sudo cp lufi.conf.sample lufi.conf
sudo nano lufi.conf

This will open the configuration file in the Nano editor. Scroll down to the Database section and enter your database credentials accordingly.

"plugins": {
    "auth": {
        "database": "pg",
        "pg": {
            "dbname": "lufi",
            "host": "localhost",
            "port": "5432",
            "username": "lufi",
            "password": "password"
        }
    }
}

Save the changes by pressing Ctrl+O and then exit Nano by pressing Ctrl+X.

Step 4: Set Permission

We need to set the proper permissions for the files and directories generated by Lufi. To do so, navigate to the document root of the web server with the following command:

sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/lufi/
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/lufi/

Step 5: Start Lufi

Finally, we will start the Lufi service. Run the following commands to start the Lufi server:

cd /var/www/lufi
morbo script/lufi

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lufi on your EndeavourOS system. You can now browse to http://your-server/lufi to start uploading files securely.

Conclusion

Lufi is an easy-to-use file sharing service that provides a secure platform for uploading and sharing files. In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Lufi on EndeavourOS. You can now customize it according to your requirements and enjoy its features.