The Freedombone system can be installed onto a Beaglebone Black, or any system capable of running Debian Jessie, and allows you to host your own email and web services. With Freedombone you can enjoy true freedom and independence in the cloud. It comes in a variety of flavours.
Freedombone has an emphasis on security and privacy, and when installed on a Beaglebone Black it uses the built-in hardware random number generator as an entropy source. All communications with the box are encrypted by default using the recommendations from https://bettercrypto.org. The firewall is configured to only allow communications on the necessary ports and to drop all other packets, icmp is disabled by default, emails are stored in encrypted form using your public key and time synchronisation occurs via TLS only. Backups are also encrypted and can be local or remote.
You will also need to know, or find out, the IP address of your internet router and have a suitable static IP address for the Beaglebone on your local network. The router should allow you to forward ports to the Beaglebone (often this is under firewall or "advanced" settings).
where /dev/sdX is the device name for the microSD card. Often it's /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc, depending upon how many drives there are on your system. The script will download the Debian installer and update the microSD card. It can take a while, so be patient.
Both of the IP addresses are local IP addresses, typically of the form 192.168.x.x, with one being for the system and the other being for the internet router.
If you are using FreeDNS as a dynamic DNS provider then you can add the following to your configuration file, setting the subdomain codes as appropriate. You can find the codes on the FreeDNS site under "Dynamic DNS" followed by "quick cron example" then look for the code on the last line between the ? and = characters.
FULLBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=
REDMATRIX_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=
MICROBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=
OWNCLOUD_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=
WIKI_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=
Save the configuration file and exit from your editor.
Now you can begin the installation. If you are doing this on a Beaglebone Black:
The above command should be run in the same directory in which your configuration file exists. You can use any of your domains as the default one, but typically the default domain is the same as the one for your wiki. If you are using FreeDNS as the dynamic DNS provider then also add the -c option to specify the code corresponding to the subdomain.
Also see the manpage for additional options which can be used instead of a configuration file. If you don't specify a variant type with the final option then everything will be installed. If you have a *freedombone.cfg* file then it should be in the same directory from which the *freedombone* command is run.
Installation is not quick, and depends upon which variant you choose and your internet bandwidth. Allow about three hours for a full installation on the Beaglebone Black. On the Beaglebone installation is in two parts, since a reboot is needed to enable the hardware random number generator and zram.
Any manual post-installation setup instructions or passwords can be found in /home/username/README. You should remove any passwords from that file and store them within a password manager such as KeepassX.
It's also possible to install Freedombone onto other hardware. Any system with a fresh installation of Debian Jessie will do. Just make sure that you change the variable INSTALLING_ON_BBB to "no" within *freedombone.cfg* or do not include the *--bbb* option within the *freedombone* command. Obviously, you don't need to run the *freedombone-prep* command on non-Beaglebone systems.
