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title: Installing Anubis with a native package
---

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Download the package for your system from [the most recent release on GitHub](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/releases).

Install the Anubis package using your package manager of choice:

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Install Anubis with `apt`:

```text
sudo apt install ./anubis-$VERSION-$ARCH.deb
```

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Extract the tarball to a folder:

```text
tar zxf ./anubis-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz
cd anubis-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH
```

Install the binary to your system:

```text
sudo install -D ./bin/anubis /usr/local/bin
```

Edit the systemd unit to point to `/usr/local/bin/anubis` instead of `/usr/bin/anubis`:

```text
perl -pi -e 's$/usr/bin/anubis$/usr/local/bin/anubis$g' ./run/anubis@.service
```

Install the systemd unit to your system:

```text
sudo install -D ./run/anubis@.service /etc/systemd/system
```

Install the default configuration file to your system:

```text
sudo install -D ./run/default.env /etc/anubis/default.env
```

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Install Anubis with `dnf`:

```text
sudo dnf -y install ./anubis-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm
```

OR

Install Anubis with `yum`:

```text
sudo yum -y install ./anubis-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm
```

OR

Install Anubis with `rpm`:

```
sudo rpm -ivh ./anubis-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm
```

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Some Linux distributions offer Anubis [as a native package](https://repology.org/project/anubis-anti-crawler/versions). If you want to install Anubis from your distribution's package manager, consult any upstream documentation for how to install the package. It will either be named `anubis`, `www-apps/anubis` or `www/anubis`.

If you use a systemd-flavoured distribution, then follow the setup instructions for Debian or Red Hat Linux.

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Once it's installed, make a copy of the default configuration file `/etc/anubis/default.env` based on which service you want to protect. For example, to protect a `gitea` server:

```text
sudo cp /etc/anubis/default.env /etc/anubis/gitea.env
```

Copy the default bot policies file to `/etc/anubis/gitea.botPolicies.yaml`:

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```text
sudo cp /usr/share/doc/anubis/botPolicies.yaml /etc/anubis/gitea.botPolicies.yaml
```

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```text
sudo cp ./doc/botPolicies.yaml /etc/anubis/gitea.botPolicies.yaml
```

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Then open `gitea.env` in your favorite text editor and customize [the environment variables](./installation.mdx#environment-variables) as needed. Here's an example configuration for a Gitea server:

```sh
BIND=[::1]:8239
BIND_NETWORK=tcp
DIFFICULTY=4
METRICS_BIND=[::1]:8240
METRICS_BIND_NETWORK=tcp
POLICY_FNAME=/etc/anubis/gitea.botPolicies.yaml
TARGET=http://localhost:3000
```

Then start Anubis with `systemctl enable --now`:

```text
sudo systemctl enable --now anubis@gitea.service
```

Test to make sure it's running with `curl`:

```text
curl http://localhost:8240/metrics
```

Then set up your reverse proxy (Nginx, Caddy, etc.) to point to the Anubis port. Anubis will then reverse proxy all requests that meet the policies in `/etc/anubis/gitea.botPolicies.yaml` to the target service.

For more details on particular reverse proxies, see here:

- [Apache](./environments/apache.mdx)
- [Nginx](./environments/nginx.mdx)
- [HAProxy](./environments/haproxy.mdx)
