Before installing needed software, you should update you Ubuntu installation, to improve server security.

• 1. Open a terminal. Right click on your desktop, and click Open in terminal. If on server version of Ubuntu, just login.
• 2. Type the following command and hit ENTER to download package information from all configured sources.

  $ sudo apt update

• 3. Type the following command and hit ENTER to update Ubuntu 22.04.

  $ sudo apt upgrade -y

First you need to download a shell script that I prepared to automate software install and make your life easier.

• 3. Open a terminal. Right click on your desktop, and click Open in terminal. If on server version of Ubuntu just login.
• 4. Type the following command and hit ENTER to make sure we are in your Home folder .

  $ cd /home/yourUbuntuUsername

• 5. Type the following command and hit ENTER to download the shell script needed to install all needed software.

  $ wget -O prvstorage-install.sh https://nikistag.com/download/prvstorage-install

• 6. Type the following command and hit ENTER to open with a text editor the file you just downloaded.

  $ nano prvstorage-install.sh

  At this point you can inspect what this shell will do when run.
  FOR YOUR SECURITY, YOU NEED TO REPLACE mysqlrootpassword, mysqlprvstorageuser, mysqlprvstoragepassword, mysqlprvstoragedatabase. with your own passwords/users/database names
  

• 7. Save the file (Ctrl+s) and close editor (Ctrl_x).
• 8. Type the following command and hit ENTER to make file prvstorage-install.sh executable.

  $ sudo chmod +x prvstorage-install.sh

• 9. Type the following command and hit ENTER to install needed software.

  $ sudo bash prvstorage-install.sh

  Sit back and relax. When terminal prompt is available you may proceed to next step.

Next, you need to edit .env configuration file to make initial configuration of the application.

• Edit .env
  • 1. Type the following command and hit ENTER to get to open .env file for editing.

    $ sudo nano /var/www/html/prvstorage/.env

    Lines marked in red have been taken care of by the prvstorage-install.sh shell.
    Changing those lines, at this point, will lead to failure unless you really know what you are doing and go further changing mysql server configuration files.
    Lines marked in blue are optional. Still, you should assign a mail to the application so that Prvstorage can send you mails about new users registering to your private storage or, MORE IMPORTANTLY, for sending password reset emails.
    I recommand leaving variables APP_ENV=local & APP_DEBUG=true as they are. This way you can spot and report bugs on this website.

    APP_NAME=Prvstorage
    APP_ENV=local
    APP_KEY=
    APP_DEBUG=true
    APP_URL=http://localhost
    
    LOG_CHANNEL=stack
    LOG_LEVEL=debug
    
    DB_CONNECTION=mysql
    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
    DB_PORT=3306
    DB_DATABASE=yourMysqlDatabase
    DB_USERNAME=yourMysqlUsername
    DB_PASSWORD=yourMysqlUserPassword
    
    BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
    CACHE_DRIVER=file
    FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local
    QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
    SESSION_DRIVER=file
    SESSION_LIFETIME=120
    
    MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
    
    REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
    REDIS_PASSWORD=null
    REDIS_PORT=6379
    
    MAIL_CONFIGURATION=null
    MAIL_MAILER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=mailhog
    MAIL_PORT=1025
    MAIL_USERNAME=null
    MAIL_PASSWORD=null
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
    MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=null
    MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
    
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
    AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
    AWS_BUCKET=
    AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT=false
    PUSHER_APP_ID=
    PUSHER_APP_KEY=
    PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
    PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1
    MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
    MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
    

    For the blue part, if you do configure email on application, don't forget to change:

    MAIL_CONFIGURATION=null

    to

    MAIL_CONFIGURATION=true

    and modify variables acordingly.

    MAIL_CONFIGURATION=true
    MAIL_MAILER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=mailhog
    MAIL_PORT=1025
    MAIL_USERNAME=null
    MAIL_PASSWORD=null
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
    MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=null
    MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
    
    

    Mail is needed for passwords resets.
  • 2. Save the file (Ctrl+s) and close editor (Ctrl_x).

If you got here, and everything went smooth, you got yourself a web server with Prvstorage application installed, ready for your first contact.