Cactus Comments is a commenting system that allows website owners to easily add comments to their sites. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Cactus Comments on FreeBSD.
Before you can install Cactus Comments on your FreeBSD server, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step in installing Cactus Comments on FreeBSD is to download the latest version from the official website. Open your web browser and navigate to https://cactus.chat/. Once there, click on the "Download" button to download the latest version of Cactus Comments.
Once you have downloaded the Cactus Comments package, you will need to upload it to your FreeBSD server. You can do this using FTP, SCP or any other transfer method that you prefer. Place the Cactus Comments package in the web server's document root directory.
In order to use Cactus Comments, you need to extract its contents. Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you uploaded the Cactus Comments package. Run the following command to extract the contents of the package:
tar -xvf cactuscomments.tar.gz
This will extract the contents of the Cactus Comments package to a new directory named cactuscomments.
Before you can use Cactus Comments, you need to create a database and user for it. You can do this by logging into your MySQL server and running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE cactuscomments;
CREATE USER 'cactususer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cactuscomments.* TO 'cactususer'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Make sure to replace cactususer and password with the username and password that you want for your Cactus Comments user.
In order to use Cactus Comments, you need to configure it with your database settings. Open the config.php file located in the cactuscomments directory and update the following lines with your database information:
define('DB_NAME', 'cactuscomments');
define('DB_USER', 'cactususer');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
In order to use Cactus Comments, you need to set the correct permissions on the required files and directories. Navigate to the cactuscomments directory and run the following command:
chmod -R 755 uploads
This will set the correct permissions on the uploads directory.
You are now ready to test Cactus Comments on your FreeBSD server. Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name, followed by the directory where you uploaded Cactus Comments. For example, http://example.com/cactuscomments/.
If everything was configured correctly, you should see the Cactus Comments installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cactus Comments on your FreeBSD server.
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