DreamFactory is an open source REST API platform that provides an easy way to build and deploy APIs. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DreamFactory on a Fedora Server Latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following:
DreamFactory requires a LAMP stack on your server to run. To install the LAMP stack, you can run the following command:
sudo dnf install httpd mariadb-server php php-mysqlnd
After installing the packages, you can start the Apache and MariaDB service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
To ensure that the Apache and MariaDB services start automatically at boot time, run:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, you need to create a database for DreamFactory. Login to your MariaDB server using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
Then, create a database for DreamFactory:
CREATE DATABASE dreamfactory;
Next, create a user and grant permissions to the user on the database:
CREATE USER 'dreamfactory_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dreamfactory.* TO 'dreamfactory_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace the values of dreamfactory_user and password with your desired values.
Exit the MariaDB console:
exit
The next step is to download and install DreamFactory. You can download the latest version of DreamFactory from their downloads page.
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dreamfactory/releases/download/v3.0.0/dreamfactory-3.0.0.zip
sudo unzip dreamfactory-3.0.0.zip
sudo mv dreamfactory-3.0.0 dreamfactory
To configure DreamFactory, you need to create a configuration file with your database and email settings. Navigate to the config directory inside the DreamFactory installation directory:
cd /var/www/html/dreamfactory/config
Copy the default configuration file:
sudo cp .env.example .env
Then, edit .env using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano .env
Update the following variables with your preferred values:
APP_KEY=
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=dreamfactory
DB_USERNAME=dreamfactory_user
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save and close the file.
Create an Apache virtual host configuration file for DreamFactory:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/dreamfactory.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dreamfactory/public
<Directory /var/www/html/dreamfactory/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Start the Apache service:
sudo systemctl start httpd
You can now test DreamFactory by visiting http://your_server_ip in your web browser. You should see the DreamFactory dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed DreamFactory on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now use DreamFactory to build and deploy APIs.
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