How to Install SFTPGo on Void Linux

SFTPGo is an open-source SFTP server that supports various authentication methods and storage backends. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SFTPGo on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you will need:

A user account with sudo privileges on your Void Linux server.
A basic understanding of the command line interface.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

SFTPGo requires some dependencies to be installed on your server. You can install them using the following command:

sudo xbps-install -y go git

This command will install Golang and Git on your server.

Step 2: Download and Install SFTPGo

Now, we can download and install SFTPGo on our server. Follow the steps below:

First, clone the SFTPGo repository from Github:

git clone https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo.git

Switch to the SFTPGo directory:
```
cd sftpgo
```
Run the following command to build the SFTPGo binary:
```
make
```
This will create a binary named sftpgo in the sftpgo/bin directory.
Move the binary to /usr/local/bin:
```
sudo mv bin/sftpgo /usr/local/bin/
```

Step 3: Configure SFTPGo

After installing SFTPGo, we need to create a configuration file. Follow the steps below:

Create a configuration directory:
```
sudo mkdir /etc/sftpgo
```
Copy the sample configuration file to the configuration directory:
```
sudo cp conf/sftpgo-sample.yaml /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.yaml
```
Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:
```
sudo nano /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.yaml
```
You can use the sample configuration file as a reference for configuring SFTPGo.

Step 4: Start SFTPGo

After configuring SFTPGo, we can start the SFTP server using the following command:

sudo sftpgo --config /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.yaml

This command will start the SFTP server using the configuration file that we created earlier.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure SFTPGo on Void Linux. You can now use SFTPGo as a secure file transfer server on your Void Linux server.