How to Install Passbolt on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of installing Passbolt on NetBSD. Passbolt is an open-source password manager that helps users to store and share their passwords securely.

Prerequisites

To install Passbolt on NetBSD, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A NetBSD server with root access
• Internet connection

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing Passbolt, make sure that your NetBSD system is up to date by running the following command:

pkgin -y update && pkgin -y upgrade

This command updates the package repositories and upgrades the package manager and all system packages.

Step 2: Install LEMP Stack

Passbolt requires a LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. But since NetBSD is not Linux, we will install a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack instead.

To install the LAMP stack on NetBSD, run the following command:

pkgin -y install apache php php-mysqli php-curl php-dom mysql-server

This command installs Apache, PHP, MySQL, and some PHP modules required by Passbolt.

Step 3: Configure MySQL

After installing MySQL, we need to configure it for Passbolt. Run the following commands to start the MySQL server and secure it:

/etc/rc.d/mysql start
mysql_secure_installation

Follow the on-screen instructions to secure the MySQL installation.

Next, we will create a database and user for Passbolt.

mysql -u root -p

Enter the root password when prompted, then create a database and user for Passbolt:

CREATE DATABASE passbolt;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON passbolt.* TO 'passboltuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 4: Install Passbolt

Now that we have installed the LAMP stack and configured MySQL, we can proceed to install Passbolt.

Download the latest version of Passbolt from the official website:

cd /tmp
fetch https://releases.passbolt.com/server/3.3.0/passbolt-ce-3.3.0.tar.gz

Extract the Passbolt archive and move it to Apache's document root:

tar xvfz passbolt-ce-3.3.0.tar.gz
chown -R www:www passbolt/
mv passbolt /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/

Step 5: Configure Passbolt

To configure Passbolt, we need to edit the app/Config/app.php file:

cd /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/passbolt/
cp app/Config/app.php.default app/Config/app.php
nano app/Config/app.php

In the app.php file, locate the following lines and edit them accordingly:

'username' => 'passboltuser',
'password' => 'password',
'database' => 'passbolt',

Replace passboltuser and password with the MySQL username and password that you created in Step 3.

Next, generate a secure key for Passbolt:

mkdir -p /usr/pkg/passbolt/app/tmp
chmod -R 777 /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/passbolt/app/tmp
./bin/cake passbolt register_secret --file /usr/pkg/apache/htdocs/passbolt/app/config/gpg/server_secret.asc

Follow the on-screen instructions to generate the secret key.

Step 6: Verify Passbolt

Finally, restart Apache and visit the Passbolt login page to verify that the installation was successful:

/etc/rc.d/apache restart

Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_ip_address/passbolt/, and you should see the Passbolt login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Passbolt on NetBSD. You can now start using Passbolt to securely manage your passwords.