How to Install Authelia on NetBSD

Authelia is a modern authentication and authorization server that can be used to authenticate users on various web applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Authelia on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, you should have a server running NetBSD. You should also have root access to the server and a basic understanding of the command line interface.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first step to install Authelia is to install its dependencies. To do so, run the following command in your terminal:

pkg_add -v py38-yaml py38-toml py38-cffi py38-pycparser git python38 py38-pip

This will install the required packages that Authelia needs to run.

Step 2: Clone the Authelia Repository

The next step is to clone the Authelia repository. To do so, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/authelia/authelia.git
cd authelia

Step 3: Build Authelia

Now you can build Authelia by running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/build.py

This command will install the Python dependencies and build the Authelia server.

Step 4: Configure Authelia

The next step is to configure Authelia. You can create a configuration file by running the following command:

cp config/configuration.sample.yml config/configuration.yml

Then, you will need to edit the configuration file to suit your needs. You can use any text editor to open the configuration file:

vi config/configuration.yml

In this file, you can specify the LDAP or local provider details, the authentication and OTP settings, and other options that determine how Authelia behaves.

Step 5: Run Authelia

Finally, you can start the Authelia server by running the following command:

./authelia start

This command will start the Authelia server, and you should be able to access it from your browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Authelia on NetBSD. Authelia is a powerful authentication and authorization server that can be used to secure your web applications. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you should be able to get Authelia up and running on your NetBSD server.