How to Install Passbolt on macOS

Passbolt is a free and open-source password manager that allows team members to share and manage their passwords securely. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Passbolt on your macOS machine.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

• A macOS machine
• Homebrew installed
• PHP installed

Step 1: Install GnuPG

brew install gnupg

Step 2: Install MariaDB

brew install mariadb

Step 3: Install Apache

brew install httpd

Step 4: Install PHP

brew install php

Step 5: Install Passbolt

brew install passbolt

Step 6: Configure Passbolt

To configure Passbolt, navigate to the following directory:

cd /usr/local/etc/passbolt

Then, open the passbolt.php file using a text editor:

nano passbolt.php

Change the base_url parameter to the URL that you will use to access Passbolt, for example:

'App' => [
    'fullBaseUrl' => 'https://passbolt.example.com',
],

Next, set up the database by running:

sudo passbolt install

Finally, start the Apache server:

sudo apachectl start

And that's it! You have successfully installed Passbolt on your macOS machine. You can now access it using the URL that you specified in the passbolt.php file.