Support #718
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
This is a guide on how I installed the Firefox Auth and Content components to form the Firefox Accounts Server on FreeBSD. h2. Prepare the Environment * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> pkg update && pkg upgrade -y </pre> * Install a few dependencies: <pre> pkg install git node npm gmp graphicsmagick redis gmake python2 py27-virtualenv sqlite py27-sqlite3 gcc48 </pre> * Add the Firefox Accounts user: <pre> pw add user -n ff-accounts -m -s /bin/sh -c "Firefox Accounts" </pre> * Create a symlink for bash in order for the fxa-local-dev package to install correctly: <pre> ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash </pre> h2. Install Accounts Server * Switch to the Firfox accounts user: <pre> su - ff-accounts </pre> * Then set the CC, CXX, and CPP environment variables to use GCC instead of Clang: <pre> export CC=gcc48 export CXX=g++48 export CPP=cpp48 </pre> * Create a symlink for bash in order for the fxa-local-dev package to install correctly: <pre> ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash </pre> * Download the local development setup scripts from GitHub: <pre> git clone https://github.com/mozilla/fxa-local-dev </pre> * Edit the @install_all.sh@ setup script: <pre> cd fxa-local-dev vi _scripts/install_all.sh </pre> #* On line 45, change the make build to gmake build: <pre> cd syncserver; gmake build; cd .. </pre> * Install the local development scripts: <pre> cd fxa-local-dev npm install </pre> * When the install finishes the scripts will automatically start all of the Firefox Accounts components. When the components finish loading open a web browser and go to http://localhost:3030 * To stop the Firefox Accounts server use pm2: <pre> pm2 kill </pre> #* *NOTE*: By default, account information is stored in memory and +will not be saved+ if the server reboots. h2. Resources * https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-fxa.html