Corteza is an open-source platform for building enterprise-grade applications. It offers various modules such as CRM, messaging, and more. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Corteza on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing any new software, it's important to update the system to its latest version to avoid any conflicts.
To update the FreeBSD system, run the following command:
sudo freebsd-update fetch install
This command will fetch and install the latest updates for your FreeBSD system.
Corteza requires Apache, PostgreSQL, and PHP to be installed on the server. Before we install Corteza, let's install these required packages.
To install Apache, PostgreSQL, and PHP, run the following command:
sudo pkg install apache24 postgresql14-server postgresql14-client php74 php74-pgsql
After installing PostgreSQL, we need to set up a new database and user for Corteza.
First, we need to start the PostgreSQL service with the following command:
sudo service postgresql onestart
Next, we need to switch to the postgres user:
sudo su - postgres
Now we need to create a new user and database for Corteza:
psql
CREATE USER corteza WITH PASSWORD 'password';
CREATE DATABASE corteza;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE corteza TO corteza;
\q
Replace password with a strong password.
Before installing Corteza, we need to enable the mod_php and rewrite modules for Apache.
To enable the mod_php and rewrite modules, run the following commands:
sudo echo "LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp7.so" >> /usr/local/etc/apache24/Modules/php.conf
sudo echo "LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/local/libexec/apache24/mod_rewrite.so" >> /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
Now we can install Corteza using the curl command:
curl -sSL https://install.cortezaproject.org/ | bash
This command will download and install the latest version of Corteza on your system.
After installing Corteza, we need to configure it to use the database we created earlier.
To configure Corteza, edit the ./env file:
sudo nano /opt/app-root/etc/.env
Set the following values in the ./env file:
BASE_URI=https://yourdomain.com
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_NAME=corteza
DB_USER=corteza
DB_PASS=password
Replace yourdomain.com with your server's domain name and replace password with the password you set for the corteza user earlier.
After configuring Corteza, we can start the Corteza service with the following command:
sudo svcadm enable cortezad.service
This command will start the Corteza service and it will be accessible over port 80.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Corteza on FreeBSD Latest. At this point, you should have a fully functioning instance of Corteza running on your server. From here, you can configure Corteza further to suit your needs.
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