How to Install farmOS on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing farmOS on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need the following:

• A running instance of Alpine Linux Latest
• Internet connectivity
• Root access or sudo privileges

Installation

1. Update the package list and upgrade existing packages by running the following command:

apk update && apk upgrade

2. Install the dependencies required for farmOS by running the command below:

apk add apache2 git make mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-dev nginx php7 php7-apache2 php7-ctype php7-curl php7-dom php7-gd php7-iconv php7-intl php7-json php7-mbstring php7-mcrypt php7-mysqlnd php7-opcache php7-openssl php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-pdo_pgsql php7-pgsql php7-session php7-simplexml php7-xml php7-xmlreader php7-xmlwriter php7-zip

3. Clone the farmOS repository from GitHub by running the command below:

git clone https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS.git

4. Move the cloned farmOS directory to the /var/www/ directory using the command below:

mv farmOS /var/www/

5. Rename the default nginx configuration file to redirect all requests to farmOS using the following command:

mv /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.bak

6. Create a new nginx configuration file called farmOS.conf using the command below:

nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/farmOS.conf

7. Add the following lines of code to farmOS.conf:

server {
    listen       80 default_server;
    server_name  your-domain-name-here;

    root /var/www/farmOS/web;

    location / {
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }
}

8. Save and close the file.

9. Create a new php.ini file by running the command below:

nano /etc/php7/php.ini

10. Configure the file to allow farmOS to run properly by changing the following lines:

max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 600
memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 128M
upload_max_filesize = 128M

11. Save and close the file.

12. Change the ownership of the farmOS directory to the nginx user and group using the following command:

chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/farmOS

13. Configure the MariaDB database for farmOS using the following commands:

mysql -u root -p

14. Enter your MySQL root password when prompted and then run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE farmos CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'farmos' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password-here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON farmos.* TO 'farmos';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

15. Finally, navigate to your website's URL and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process for farmOS.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed farmOS on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now start using farmOS to manage your farm operations.

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