Foodsoft is an open-source web-based application that helps in managing and organizing food cooperatives, which is available at https://foodcoops.net/. If you want to use Foodsoft on your Alpine Linux machine, follow the steps below:
Before we proceed with the installation of Foodsoft, it is always recommended to update and upgrade the operating system's software packages to their latest versions.
Open the terminal application and enter the below command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
To install Foodsoft on Alpine Linux, we need to install several required packages. We will install the Apache web server, PHP, MariaDB, and other necessary dependencies.
Enter the following command:
sudo apk add apache2 apache2-utils mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-connector-c mariadb-server mariadb-common curl bash imagemagick php7 php7-apache2 php7-cli php7-ctype php7-curl php7-dom php7-gd php7-iconv php7-json php7-mbstring php7-mysqli php7-opcache php7-openssl php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-posix php7-session php7-tokenizer php7-xml php7-zip
Next, we need to download the Foodsoft package from the official website https://foodcoops.net/. To do so, enter the below commands in the terminal:
cd /tmp
sudo curl -LO https://foodcoops.net/foodsoft-latest.tar.gz
sudo tar xzvf foodsoft-latest.tar.gz
After downloading the Foodsoft package, we will create a MySQL database for it. Enter the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation
The script will prompt you to set a root password and run some other configurations. You can set a secure password for the root user.
Next, create a MySQL database and a user for Foodsoft using the below commands:
sudo mysql -uroot -p
CREATE DATABASE foodsoft_db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON foodsoft_db.* TO 'foodsoft_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Edit the foodsoft/config/database.yml file and provide the database name, user, and password that you just created in the above step.
sudo nano /tmp/foodsoft/config/database.yml
Replace the values of database name, username, and password by your MySQL database credentials:
production:
adapter: mysql2
host: localhost
encoding: utf8mb4
collation: utf8mb4_unicode_ci
database: foodsoft_db
username: foodsoft_user
password: yourpassword
Now we need to copy the extracted Foodsoft package files to our web server's root directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ using the below command:
sudo cp -a /tmp/foodsoft/* /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
We need to set the ownership and permission for the /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ directory using the below commands:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Start and enable Apache and MariaDB services using the below commands:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/foodsoft. You should see the Foodsoft login page. Use the default username and password to log in to the application:
Username: admin
Password: foodcoop
Finally, change the default password by following the prompts.
You have successfully installed Foodsoft on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now configure the application and manage your food cooperative using the Foodsoft web interface.
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