FarmOS is a free open-source web-based farm management software that helps farmers to manage their farm activities like crop, livestock, and machinery operations. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install FarmOS on EndeavourOS Latest.
First, we need to install some required packages for the installation of FarmOS. To do so, we will use the pacman package manager.
Run the following command:
sudo pacman -S nginx mysql php php-fpm php-mcrypt php-gd php-zip php-curl php-json php-mysql unzip
Once the installation is complete, we will proceed to the next step.
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that helps to install and manage packages required by FarmOS.
To install Composer, run the following commands:
cd ~
wget https://getcomposer.org/installer
php installer
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Once the installation is complete, verify the installation by running the following command:
composer --version
Next, we will download FarmOS from the official website using the wget command:
cd /var/www
sudo wget https://download.farmos.org/farmOS-2.x.x.tar.gz
sudo tar -zxvf farmOS-2.x.x.tar.gz
Remember to replace "2.x.x" with the latest version available at the time of reading.
To configure Nginx, we will create a new server block for FarmOS.
Run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/farmos.conf
Add the following content in the above file.
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /var/www/farmOS;
index index.php;
access_log /var/log/nginx/farmos-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/farmos-error.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace "yourdomain.com" with your domain name.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Now, test the configuration and reload the Nginx service by running the following commands:
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx
In this step, we will create a new database and user for FarmOS.
Login to your MySQL server as root by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
Create a new database with the following command:
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
Replace "dbname" with your preferred database name.
Next, create a new user with the following command:
CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Replace "username" and "password" with your preferred username and password.
Grant permissions to the user to access the database with the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Flush the privileges and exit the MySQL shell.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
In this step, we will configure FarmOS to connect to the MySQL database.
Run the following command:
cd /var/www/farmOS
sudo cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
sudo nano sites/default/settings.php
Find the following line in the above file:
$databases = array();
Add the following lines below it:
$databases['default']['default'] = array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'database' => 'dbname',
'username' => 'username',
'password' => 'password',
'host' => 'localhost',
);
Again, replace "dbname", "username", and "password" with your preferred values.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Now, set the appropriate file permissions by running the following commands:
sudo chmod -R 777 sites/default/files
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data sites/default/files
In this step, we will install FarmOS by running the following command:
cd /var/www/farmOS
sudo composer install
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to set up the database tables:
sudo drush site:install --db-url=mysql://username:password@localhost/dbname --account-mail=admin@yourdomain.com --account-name=admin --account-pass=password
Replace "username", "password", "yourdomain.com", and "password" with your preferred values.
Now, open your favorite web browser and navigate to the URL:
http://yourdomain.com
Replace "yourdomain.com" with the domain name of your server.
You will see the FarmOS installer screen, and the FarmOS installation is now completed.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed FarmOS on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now manage your farm activities using the FarmOS web-based platform.
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