How to Install Chibisafe on POP! OS Latest

Chibisafe is a self hosted, easy to use, and powerful media sharing tool. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Chibisafe on POP! OS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you will need the following things:

  • Root access to the server
  • An updated version of POP! OS
  • An SSH client like PuTTY or a terminal
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Git

Ensure that Git is installed on your server by running the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git

Step 2: Installing Dependencies

In order to install Chibisafe, we need to install certain dependencies including Node.js, npm, and MariaDB. Run the following command to install them:

sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client nodejs npm

Step 3: Creating a MariaDB Database

Next step is to create a MariaDB database for Chibisafe. Run the following commands to create a database, user, and grant privileges to the user:

sudo mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE chibisafe;
CREATE USER 'chibisafe'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON chibisafe.* TO 'chibisafe'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Please replace password with a secure password that you would like to use for this user.

Step 4: Installing Chibisafe

Clone the Chibisafe repository using Git by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Chibisafe/chibisafe.git

Navigate to the cloned Chibisafe directory and run the following command to install Chibisafe and its dependencies:

cd chibisafe
npm install --only=production

Step 5: Configuration

This step requires you to modify the configuration file to match your setup. Run the following command to copy the example configuration file:

cp config.example.js config.js

You need to update the following variables in the config.js file:

  • database: { host, user, password, database }: Replace these variables with the details of the MariaDB database you created.
  • hashSum: { secret, algorithm }: Set a secure secret key and algorithm to hash file names.

Step 6: Running Chibisafe

Run the following command to start Chibisafe:

npm start

You will see a message saying "Chibisafe Backend listening on port 4000!" indicating that Chibisafe is running.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed Chibisafe on POP! OS latest. You can now access Chibisafe by accessing the following link: http://your-server-ip:4000. We hope this tutorial helped you in setting up and installing Chibisafe.