How to Install Surfer on Fedora Server

Surfer is a simple and lightweight web browser designed to run in containers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Surfer on a Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

  • A running Fedora Server, version 33 or later
  • A user account with administrative privileges (sudo)

Installation

  1. First, open a terminal window on your Fedora Server.

  2. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

    sudo dnf install git podman

  3. Clone the Surfer repository from GitLab by running:

    git clone https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/surfer

  4. Change to the Surfer directory by running:

    cd surfer

  5. Build the Surfer container image by running:

    sudo podman build -t surfer:latest .

  6. Once the image is built, you can run the Surfer container by running:

    sudo podman run --rm -it -v /tmp:/tmp surfer:latest

    The -v /tmp:/tmp option mounts the /tmp directory of the host system to the /tmp directory inside the container, allowing Surfer to save downloaded files to your local system.

  7. If you want to run Surfer in the background, instead of step 6, run:

    sudo podman run -d --name surfer -p 8080:8080 -v /tmp:/tmp surfer:latest

    The -d option runs the container in daemon mode, while the --name surfer option sets a name for the container. The -p 8080:8080 option maps port 8080 inside the container to port 8080 on your host system.

  8. To access Surfer, simply open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. You can now use Surfer to browse the web.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Surfer on a Fedora Server. You can now enjoy a lightweight and secure web browser running in a container.