Activepieces is a platform that allows you to build and manage your own website without needing any technical knowledge. In this tutorial, we will be going through the steps required to install Activepieces on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we get started, make sure you have the following:
To start the installation, download the latest version of Activepieces from their official website:
wget https://www.activepieces.com/wp-content/uploads/activepieces.zip
After the download is complete, extract the files:
unzip activepieces.zip
Next, you will need to configure your web server. The following are examples of how to configure Apache or Nginx for Activepieces.
Create a new VirtualHost file in /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/ with the following content:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/activepieces
<Directory /path/to/activepieces/>
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Remember to replace example.com with your own domain name and /path/to/activepieces with the actual path where Activepieces is located.
Create a new server block in /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-available/ with the following content:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
root /path/to/activepieces;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
}
Again, replace example.com with your own domain name and /path/to/activepieces with the actual path where Activepieces is located. Also, make sure that the fastcgi_pass parameter matches the location of your PHP-FPM socket.
Now, you need to create a new database for Activepieces. Log in to your MariaDB/MySQL server:
mysql -u root -p
Then, create a new database and user for Activepieces:
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE activepieces;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON activepieces.* TO 'activepieces_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;
Remember to replace password with a strong password.
Open up a web browser and navigate to your Activepieces installation by visiting http://your-domain.com/. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
On the database configuration screen, enter the database name, database user, and password that you created in the previous step. Leave the database host as localhost.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to your Activepieces website by visiting http://your-domain.com/admin/.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Activepieces on FreeBSD Latest. With Activepieces installed, you can start building your own website without any technical knowledge.
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