How to Install s3server on FreeBSD Latest

Introduction

s3server is a lightweight S3-compatible object storage server that is designed to be easy to set up and use. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install s3server on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start installing s3server, we need to make sure that our FreeBSD system is up-to-date and has the necessary dependencies installed. To do this, run the following commands:

sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
sudo pkg install git go

Step 1 – Clone the s3server Repository

The s3server source code is hosted on GitHub, so we need to clone the repository using Git.

git clone https://github.com/jessfraz/s3server.git

Step 2 – Build and Install s3server

Once the repository is cloned, we can navigate to the s3server directory and build the binary:

cd s3server
go build

This will create a binary file named s3server in the s3server directory. To install this binary, we need to move it to a system directory such as /usr/local/bin.

sudo mv s3server /usr/local/bin

Step 3 – Configure s3server

By default, s3server listens on localhost:8080. To change s3server’s configuration, we need to specify command-line options or create a configuration file.

To create the configuration file, we can copy the sample configuration file and make changes as needed:

cp sample/config.yaml config.yaml

To edit the configuration, we can use any text editor such as vi:

vi config.yaml

In this file, we can change settings such as the listen address and port, authentication, and storage options.

Step 4 – Start s3server

Once we have configured s3server, we can start it using the following command:

s3server --config config.yaml

This command will start s3server using the configuration file we created in the previous step. To start s3server in the background, use the & symbol:

s3server --config config.yaml &

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured s3server on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use s3server to store and retrieve objects using the S3 API.