How to Install Firefox Account Server on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Firefox Account Server (FXA) on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

  • You will need a Unix-based system with OpenBSD installed on it.
  • Install Python 2.7 and pip.

Installation of Firefox Account Server

  1. To install the Firefox Account Server, open up your terminal and clone the repository:
    git clone https://github.com/mozilla/fxa-auth-server/
    
  2. Navigate to the fxa-auth-server directory:
    cd fxa-auth-server
    
  3. Install dependencies:
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  4. Create your local configuration by copying config/dev.json to config/local.json:
    cp config/dev.json config/local.json
    
  5. Configure your local configuration by editing the config/local.json file with the following:
    • A name for your database
    • A user for your database
    • A password for your database
  6. Edit the config/local.json file to change the database and root_url values to match your server.
  7. Initialize the database schema:
    ./bin/alembic -c development.ini upgrade head
    
  8. Finally, start the server:
    bin/pserve development.ini
    
  9. You can now access the Firefox Account Server at http://localhost:3030.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Firefox Account Server (FXA) on your OpenBSD system.