Tutorial: How to Install Accent on FreeBSD Latest

Accent is a web-based text annotation tool used for collaborative commenting, editing and reviewing. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Accent on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have the following prerequisites in place:

• A FreeBSD Latest server with root access
• Nginx web server
• PHP 7.4 or later version
• MySQL database server

Step 1: Download Accent

The first step in the installation process is to download the latest version of Accent from the official website. You can download it using the wget command:

$ wget https://github.com/neatnik/accent/releases/download/1.1.1/accent.zip

Step 2: Extract the Accent zip file

Once you have downloaded the Accent zip file, extract it using the unzip command:

$ unzip accent.zip

This will create a new directory named accent in your current directory. Move this directory to your Nginx web server root directory /usr/local/www/nginx/.

$ mv accent /usr/local/www/nginx/

Step 3: Set file permissions

Set the appropriate file permissions for Accent so that the web server can access it:

$ chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/nginx/accent

Step 4: Create a MySQL database

Create a new MySQL database and user for Accent:

$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE accent_db;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON accent_db.* TO 'accent_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Note: Replace accent_db, accent_user and password with your own values.

Step 5: Configure Nginx

Create a new Nginx configuration file for Accent:

$ nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/accent.conf

Add the following configuration to the new file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_server_name;
    root /usr/local/www/nginx/accent/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

Note: Replace your_server_name with your server's domain name or IP address.

Save and close the file.

Restart Nginx for the changes to take effect:

$ service nginx restart

Step 6: Configure Accent

Rename the .env.example file in /usr/local/www/nginx/accent to .env:

$ mv /usr/local/www/nginx/accent/.env.example /usr/local/www/nginx/accent/.env

Edit the .env file and set the database connection details:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=accent_db
DB_USERNAME=accent_user
DB_PASSWORD=password

Note: Replace accent_db, accent_user and password with your own values.

Step 7: Install Composer and Dependencies

Install Composer, a dependency management tool for PHP:

$ cd /usr/local/www/nginx/accent
$ php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
$ php composer-setup.php
$ php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

Use Composer to install Accent's dependencies:

$ php composer.phar install

Step 8: Run the Migrations

Run the database migrations to set up the database tables:

$ php artisan migrate

Step 9: Generate an Application Key

Generate a new application key for Accent:

$ php artisan key:generate

Step 10: Access Accent

Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_server_name/ (replace your_server_name with your server's domain name or IP address). You should now see the Accent login page.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Accent on your FreeBSD Latest server. You can now start using it for collaborative text annotation and editing.

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