How to Install farmOS on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing farmOS on your Elementary OS system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A computer or virtual machine running Elementary OS Latest.
• Access to the terminal with administrative rights (sudo).

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

FarmOS requires several dependencies to be installed on your system before it can be installed.

First, to update and upgrade your system packages repository, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Then, install the required packages:

sudo apt-get install -y apache2 mysql-server php7.2 php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-mbstring php7.2-curl imagemagick

Step 2: Download and Install farmOS

Next, we need to download and install farmOS. From your terminal, run the following commands:

wget https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS/archive/7.x-1.x.tar.gz
tar -zxvf 7.x-1.x.tar.gz -C /var/www/
sudo mv /var/www/farmOS-7.x-1.x /var/www/farmOS
sudo chmod 777 /var/www/farmOS/sites/default/

This will download the farmOS package from GitHub, extract it to the /var/www/ directory, rename the extracted directory to farmOS, and give the /var/www/farmOS/sites/default/ directory write permissions.

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database

For farmOS to work smoothly, we need to create a database. Log in to your MySQL instance:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then, create the database:

CREATE DATABASE farmos CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;

Next, create a MySQL user for farmOS:

CREATE USER 'farmos'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON farmos.* TO 'farmos'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace "your_password_here" with your chosen password.

Step 4: Configure Apache

To configure Apache, we must first enable the necessary modules:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers

Then, create a configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/farmos.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80> 
  ServerName your_domain.com 
  DocumentRoot /var/www/farmOS 
  <Directory /var/www/farmOS/> 
    Options FollowSymLinks 
    AllowOverride All 
  </Directory> 
  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log 
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined 
</VirtualHost>

Replace "your_domain.com" with your domain name.

Save and close the file with Ctrl + X then Y.

Finally, activate the configuration file:

sudo a2ensite farmos.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Complete Installation

Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/install.php. This will launch the installation wizard.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Once the installation is complete, remove the install.php script:

sudo rm /var/www/farmOS/install.php

Step 6: Protect farmOS from Public Access

For security purposes, we need to protect farmOS from public access:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/farmos.conf

Add the following snippet of code to your configuration file:

<Directory /var/www/farmOS/>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/farmOS/sites/default/files/private>
  Require all denied
</Directory>

Save and close the file with Ctrl + X then Y.

Finally, reload the Apache service with:

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed farmOS on your Elementary OS system. Now, you are ready to start managing your farm with ease.

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