How to Install Pomerium on FreeBSD Latest

Pomerium is a modern authentication and authorization solution that enables secure access to internal applications and services. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Pomerium on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

  • A FreeBSD Latest system.
  • SSH access to the server with root privileges.
  • Basic knowledge of how to use the command-line interface.

Step 1: Install Packages

To install Pomerium on FreeBSD Latest, we need to install some dependencies first. Run the following commands to install the required packages:

sudo pkg install go git openssl

This will install Go, Git, and OpenSSL on your system.

Step 2: Set Up Go Environment

Next, we need to set up the Go environment. Set the GOPATH environment variable to a directory where you want to store your Go projects by running the following command:

export GOPATH=$HOME/go

Add the $GOPATH/bin directory to your system’s PATH by running the following command:

export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

The above commands will set the Go environment variables.

Step 3: Install Pomerium

We can now install Pomerium from its GitHub repository using the following command:

go get github.com/pomerium/pomerium

This will download and install the Pomerium binary in the $GOPATH/bin directory.

Step 4: Create Configuration File

Next, we need to create a configuration file for Pomerium. Create a file named config.yaml in a directory where you want to store your configuration files, for example, /usr/local/etc/pomerium.

mkdir /usr/local/etc/pomerium
cd /usr/local/etc/pomerium
touch config.yaml

Add the following content to the config.yaml file:

authenticate_service_url: "https://auth.example.com"
authorize_service_url: "https://authz.example.com"
idp_provider: "google"
idp_client_id: "your_client_id"
idp_client_secret: "your_client_secret"
cookie_secret: "your_cookie_secret"

Replace the above values with your actual values.

Step 5: Start Pomerium

We are now ready to start Pomerium. Run the following command from the directory where you have saved the config.yaml file:

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

This will start the Pomerium server with the configuration file you created.

Step 6: Test Pomerium

Pomerium is now running and listening on port 443. You can test it by accessing the Pomerium URL https://your-server-ip.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Pomerium on FreeBSD Latest. You may now configure Pomerium to protect your internal applications and services.