How to install Collective Access - Providence on FreeBSD Latest

Collective Access - Providence is an open-source collections management and cataloging system for museums, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Collective Access - Providence on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Collective Access - Providence, ensure that your FreeBSD system meets the following requirements:

• FreeBSD Latest installed
• Root access to the system
• Apache web server with PHP
• MySQL or MariaDB database server

Step 1: Install required dependencies

Before installing Collective Access - Providence, we need to ensure that all required dependencies are installed on our FreeBSD system.

First, update the package repository index using the following command:

pkg update

Next, install the required PHP modules by running the following command:

pkg install php74-extensions php74-gd php74-mbstring php74-pdo_mysql

We also need to install the Imagick PHP extension for image processing with the following command:

pkg install pecl-imagick

Step 2: Create a new MySQL database

Next, we need to create a new MySQL database and user for Collective Access - Providence.

Log in to the MySQL command-line interface as the root user by running the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

Create a new database by running the following command:

CREATE DATABASE collectiveaccess;

Create a new user and grant permissions by running the following command:

CREATE USER 'causer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'capassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON collectiveaccess.* TO 'causer'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace causer and capassword with the desired username and password for the new user.

Step 3: Download and extract Collective Access - Providence

Next, we need to download and extract the Collective Access - Providence source code.

Download the latest stable release of Collective Access - Providence from the official website using the following command:

fetch https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence/archive/1.7.14.tar.gz

Extract the archive using the following command:

tar -zxvf 1.7.14.tar.gz

Rename the extracted folder to providence using the following command:

mv providence-1.7.14 providence

Move the providence folder to your web server's document root directory using the following command:

mv providence /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Step 4: Configure Apache web server

Next, we need to create a new virtual host configuration file for Collective Access - Providence.

Create a new file named providence.conf in the Apache configuration directory using the following command:

nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/providence.conf

Insert the following code into the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/apache24/data/providence

    <Directory /usr/local/www/apache24/data/providence>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/providence-error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/providence-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Replace your-domain.com with your domain name or server IP address.

Save and close the file by pressing CTRL + X, then Y, and finally ENTER.

Restart the Apache web server using the following command:

service apache24 restart

Step 5: Install Collective Access - Providence

Next, open your web browser and navigate to http://your-domain.com/install to start the installation process.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. During the installation process, you will need to provide the following information:

• MySQL database details (database name, username, password)
• Site details (site name, administrator username, password, email)

After completing the installation process, navigate to http://your-domain.com to access Collective Access - Providence.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Collective Access - Providence on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start managing your collections using the powerful open-source tool.

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