How to Install Homebox on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Homebox is a self-hosted solution aimed to provide personal cloud services to its users. It runs on Linux and provides a robust set of tools to help manage the various cloud services. Installing Homebox on Fedora CoreOS can be challenging for beginners. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Homebox on Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, make sure you have the following:

• A Fedora CoreOS Latest instance.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Installing Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required to run the Homebox software. To do that, execute the following command:

sudo dnf install git podman -y

Step 2 - Cloning Homebox Git Repository

Next, we need to clone the Homebox Git repository to our local machine. To do that, execute the following command:

git clone https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox.git

Step 3 - Installing Homebox

Navigate to the cloned Homebox repository by executing the following command:

cd homebox

Now, we can install Homebox by executing the following command:

sudo env "PATH=$PATH" ./homebox install

Step 4 - Creating an Admin User

After installing Homebox, we need to create an admin user. To do that, execute the following command:

sudo env "PATH=$PATH" ./homebox client register

Step 5 - Start and Enable Podman Service

Finally, we need to start and enable the Podman service. To do that, execute the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable --now podman.socket
sudo systemctl enable --now podman.service

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Homebox on Fedora CoreOS. You can now access Homebox by visiting http://<IP-ADDRESS>:8080 from your web browser. If you encounter any issues, please refer to the official Homebox documentation.