How to Install IndieAuth on NetBSD

IndieAuth is a decentralized authentication protocol that allows users to use their own domain name to log in to different websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install IndieAuth on the NetBSD operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation, ensure that you have the following requirements:

A NetBSD operating system installed on your machine.
A domain name.

Installation process

Follow the steps given below to install IndieAuth on NetBSD:

1. Install Git

Git is a version control system that is used to download the IndieAuth source code. Install Git by running the following command:

pkgin install git

2. Clone IndieAuth Repository

Clone the IndieAuth repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/indieauth/indieauth.git

This command will download the IndieAuth source code from the GitHub repository to your local machine.

3. Install Required Packages

You need to install the required packages mentioned in the requirements.txt file. To install them, run the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configuration

Configuration is the most important part of installing IndieAuth because it requires your domain name. To configure IndieAuth, copy the config.ini.example file to config.ini and edit the file replacing domain.name with your domain name.

cp config.ini.example config.ini
nano config.ini

Add the following lines and replace domain.name with the domain name that you own:

[user]
me = https://domain.name

[client]
secret = <random-32-characters-key>

5. Running IndieAuth

Finally, to start IndieAuth run the following command:

uwsgi --http :80 --wsgi-file indieauth.py --callable app

The --http :80 parameter specifies the port on which IndieAuth listens, and --wsgi-file indieauth.py --callable app specify the location and name of the IndieAuth file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install IndieAuth on NetBSD. Following the above steps, you will be able to install and run IndieAuth on your NetBSD machine with ease.