In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Sandstorm on Ubuntu 14.04. For those of you who didn’t know, Sandstorm is an open-source hosting platform for personal instances of web apps. Users can upload and install arbitrary software. In addition to improving privacy and control, this is the only way to make Open Source web apps viable. A few examples of the apps that can be installed using Sandstorm are WordPress, GitLab, MediaWiki, Apache Wave, and RoundCube webmail.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of Sandstorm on Ubuntu 14.04.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 14.04, and any other Debian-based distribution.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Sandstorm on Ubuntu 14.04

Step 1. First of all, make sure that all packages are up to date.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Install Sandstorm.

To install on your own Linux machine, just do:

curl https://install.sandstorm.io | bash

Or, if you don’t like piping directly to shell, download first:

curl https://install.sandstorm.io > install.sh
bash install.sh

Step 3. Accessing Sandstorm.

Sandstorm will be available on HTTP port 80 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://your-domain.com:6080 or http://your-server-ip:6080 and complete the required steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sandstorm. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Sandstorm on Ubuntu 14.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Sandstorm website.

Save