How to Install Password Pusher on Ubuntu Server Latest

Introduction

Password Pusher is a tool that allows you to transfer passwords or other sensitive information securely between two parties. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Password Pusher on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of Password Pusher, you will need the following:

  1. Ubuntu Server Latest installed on your system
  2. Access to the root account or an account with sudo privileges
  3. Basic knowledge of the terminal commands

Step 1: Update OS Packages

Before installing Password Pusher, make sure that all the system packages are up to date. To update OS packages, run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Installing Required Tools

Password Pusher is a Ruby on Rails application that requires several tools and dependencies to work. To install the necessary tools and dependencies, run the following command:

sudo apt install git build-essential libmysqlclient-dev nodejs ruby-mini-test ruby-rack ruby-bundler ruby-dev

Step 3: Cloning the Password Pusher Repository

After installing the required tools and dependencies, you need to clone the Password Pusher repository. To do this, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pglombardo/PasswordPusher.git

Step 4: Installing Ruby Gems

Once you have cloned the Password Pusher repository, navigate to the project directory and install Ruby gems using the bundler tool. To do this, run the following commands:

cd PasswordPusher
sudo bundler install

Step 5: Configuring Database

Password Pusher requires a database to save and retrieve the generated passwords. For this tutorial, we will use MySQL as the database.

Creating a Database

To create a new database, log in to your MySQL server and run the following command:

CREATE DATABASE password_pusher;

Granting Permissions

Next, create a new user and grant permissions to access the Password Pusher database. To do this, log in to your MySQL server and run the following commands:

CREATE USER 'passwordpusher'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'passwordpusher_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON password_pusher.* TO 'passwordpusher'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Configuring Database Connection

Navigate to the config directory of the Password Pusher project and edit the database.yml file as follows:

sudo nano config/database.yml

Update the file with the following settings:

default: &default
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
  username: passwordpusher
  password: passwordpusher_password
  host: localhost

development:
  <<: *default
  database: password_pusher_development

test:
  <<: *default
  database: password_pusher_test

production:
  <<: *default
  database: password_pusher_production
  username: passwordpusher_production
  password: <%= ENV['PASSWORDPUSHER_DATABASE_PASSWORD'] %>

Step 6: Preparing the Application

Before starting the Password Pusher application, you need to create the necessary database tables and run migrations. To do this, run the following command:

sudo bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production

Step 7: Starting the Application

After completing all the previous steps, you're ready to start the Password Pusher application. To do this, run the following command:

sudo bundle exec rails server -e production

Conclusion

At this point, you should have a working installation of Password Pusher on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now access the application by navigating to the server's IP address or domain name in a web browser.