How to Install Seafile on NixOS Latest

Seafile is a file synchronization and collaboration platform that lets you store and manage your files on your own server. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Seafile on NixOS latest.

Requirements

Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following:

  • A server running NixOS latest
  • Access to the root user account or a user account with sudo privileges
  • SSH access to the server

Step 1: Install required software

The first step is to install the required software packages that are needed to run Seafile. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo nix-env -iA nixos.mysql nixos.libev nixos.redis nixos.python38 nixos.uwsgi

This command installs the required packages on your NixOS server.

Step 2: Download Seafile

After installing the required software packages, the next step is to download Seafile. To do this, visit the Seafile download page and download the latest version of Seafile for Linux:

wget https://bintray.com/artifact/download/seafile-org/seafile/seafile-server_{version}_x86-64.tar.gz

Replace {version} with the latest version of Seafile, which can be found on the download page.

Step 3: Install Seafile

Once the download is complete, unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -xzf seafile-server_{version}_x86-64.tar.gz

Next, move the extracted seafile-server directory to the /opt directory:

sudo mv seafile-server /opt/

Step 4: Create Seafile Data Directory

Create a new directory where Seafile can store its data:

sudo mkdir /var/lib/seafile

Change the permissions of the newly created directory to allow access to the user running Seafile:

sudo chown -R seafile:seafile /var/lib/seafile/

Step 5: Configure Seafile

Copy the conf directory from the seafile-server directory to the /etc directory:

sudo cp -r /opt/seafile-server/conf /etc/seafile

Next, navigate to the /etc/seafile directory and edit the seafile.conf file:

sudo nano /etc/seafile/seafile.conf

Configure Seafile by modifying the values in the seafile.conf file as follows:

  • Set fileserver-port to 8082.
  • Set the database to mysql.
  • Set the mysql-host to localhost.
  • Set the mysql-port to 3306.
  • Set the mysql-user to your_mysql_username.
  • Set the mysql-password to your_mysql_password.
  • Set the id to your_seafile_account.
  • Set the name to your_seafile_account_name.
  • Set the server_name to your_server_name.

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Configure MySQL

Next, create a new database and user in MySQL for Seafile. To do this, log in to the MySQL console as root:

sudo mysql -u root -p

You will be prompted to enter the MySQL root user password. Once you have successfully logged in, create a new database and user with the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE seafile_db CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'seafile'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_seafile_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON seafile_db.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_seafile_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace your_seafile_password with a strong password for the Seafile user.

Step 7: Start Seafile

The final step is to start the Seafile server. To do this, navigate to the /opt/seafile-server/seafile directory and run the following command:

sudo ./seahub.sh start-fastcgi

This command starts Seafile and launches the Seafile web interface. You can now access the Seafile web interface by visiting http://your_server_name:8000 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Seafile on NixOS latest. You can now start using Seafile to store and manage your files.