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[GH-ISSUE #402] Bare metal Install #267

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opened 2026-03-01 14:41:58 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-03-01 14:41:58 +03:00

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Originally created by @john-clark on GitHub (Jul 30, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/402

Bare metal and Publishing wiki articles did not provide results desired. https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive only provides read-only access. My install was on headless Debian 10, running "archive server" only provides local access, and do not have access to GUI. This is not for world-readable sites just internal testing usage. Would be better to provide a non-proxy solution but I just wanted to be able to see the program operation.

apt install python3 python3-pip git curl nginx wget youtube-dl chromium
pip3 install archivebox
mkdir /usr/local/data
chmod 777 /usr/local/data
vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

events {
  worker_connections  4096;  ## Default: 1024
}
http {
 server {
   listen 80;
   listen [::]:80;
 
   server_name _;
 
   location / {
       proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/;
       proxy_set_header Host $host;
   }
 }
}

service nginx restart
vi /etc/systemd/system/archivebox.service

[Unit]
Description=ArchiveBox service
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=youruser
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/data/
ExecStart=archivebox server

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

cd /usr/local/data
archivebox init
systemctl enable archivebox
systemctl start archivebox

Originally created by @john-clark on GitHub (Jul 30, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/402 Bare metal and Publishing wiki articles did not provide results desired. https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive only provides read-only access. My install was on headless Debian 10, running "archive server" only provides local access, and do not have access to GUI. This is not for world-readable sites just internal testing usage. Would be better to provide a non-proxy solution but I just wanted to be able to see the program operation. ```bash apt install python3 python3-pip git curl nginx wget youtube-dl chromium pip3 install archivebox mkdir /usr/local/data chmod 777 /usr/local/data vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default ``` ```nginx events { worker_connections 4096; ## Default: 1024 } http { server { listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name _; location / { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/; proxy_set_header Host $host; } } } ``` ```bash service nginx restart vi /etc/systemd/system/archivebox.service ``` ```ini [Unit] Description=ArchiveBox service After=network.target StartLimitIntervalSec=0 [Service] Type=simple Restart=always RestartSec=1 User=youruser WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/data/ ExecStart=archivebox server [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ```bash cd /usr/local/data archivebox init systemctl enable archivebox systemctl start archivebox ```

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2026-03-01 14:41:59 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-01 14:41:59 +03:00

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2020):

Unfortunately to add sites from the UI you need to create a user to log in as, even if the archived files themselves are public. This is a fundamental limitation of the Django admin requiring user authentication, and it's not something I want to change as it's a lot of effort for relatively little gain.

The recommended solution if you want both archive read and write access to be public is to do the following:

cd /usr/local/data

# set the index and snapshots to be viewable (read-only) without login
archivebox config --set PUBLIC_INDEX=True
archivebox config --set PUBLIC_SNAPSHOTS=True

# create a new admin user for editing in the UI e.g. username: "public" password: "public"
archivebox manage createsuperuser

# then start your server and log in as the new "public" admin user
archivebox server
open http://127.0.0.1:8000
# non-logged in users will be able to view everything
# logged-in users (public/public) will be able to view, *add*, *edit*, and *manage* your archive

If I misunderstood your question or if this doesn't answer your question, feel free to comment back and I'll reopen the ticket (a screenshot of what you're seeing would help too).

@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2020): Unfortunately to add sites from the UI you need to create a user to log in as, even if the archived files themselves are public. This is a fundamental limitation of the Django admin requiring user authentication, and it's not something I want to change as it's a lot of effort for relatively little gain. The recommended solution if you want both archive read and *write* access to be public is to do the following: ```bash cd /usr/local/data # set the index and snapshots to be viewable (read-only) without login archivebox config --set PUBLIC_INDEX=True archivebox config --set PUBLIC_SNAPSHOTS=True # create a new admin user for editing in the UI e.g. username: "public" password: "public" archivebox manage createsuperuser # then start your server and log in as the new "public" admin user archivebox server open http://127.0.0.1:8000 # non-logged in users will be able to view everything # logged-in users (public/public) will be able to view, *add*, *edit*, and *manage* your archive ``` If I misunderstood your question or if this doesn't answer your question, feel free to comment back and I'll reopen the ticket (a screenshot of what you're seeing would help too).

kerem commented

2026-03-01 14:41:59 +03:00

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@john-clark commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2020):

Yes, misunderstanding, no work requested, above solution is working fine. Systemd runs as the user I ran archivebox init with. This was an attempt to document the steps I took to be able to remotely get to archivebox login and web interface from remote computer. https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive is a read only non-interactive page. I wanted to be able to see the django server hosted at 127.0.01:8000 on my management pc.

@john-clark commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2020): Yes, misunderstanding, no work requested, above solution is working fine. Systemd runs as the user I ran archivebox init with. This was an attempt to document the steps I took to be able to remotely get to archivebox login and web interface from remote computer. https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive is a read only non-interactive page. I wanted to be able to see the django server hosted at 127.0.01:8000 on my management pc. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3967451/88956203-a1b76480-d262-11ea-95ec-5a91eaffbb92.png)

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