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How to Install Croodle on FreeBSD

Introduction

Croodle is an open-source web-based platform that allows users to create polls or surveys without compromising their privacy. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Croodle on a FreeBSD system.

Prerequisites

Step 1 - Clone Croodle Repository

The first step is to clone the Croodle repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/jelhan/croodle.git

This will clone the Croodle repository into your current directory.

Step 2 - Install Dependencies

Next, you need to install the project's dependencies using Composer. First, navigate to the cloned repository:

cd croodle

Then, install the dependencies:

composer install

Step 3 - Configure the Database

Croodle requires a database to store its data. You can set up a MySQL or PostgreSQL database on your system. For this tutorial, we will assume you are using MySQL.

Log in to your MySQL server and create a new database and user. You can use the following commands to accomplish this:

mysql -u root -p

This will log in to your MySQL server. Then, create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE croodle;

Next, create a new user and grant them privileges on the croodle database:

CREATE USER 'croodleuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON croodle.* TO 'croodleuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace mypassword with a strong password.

Step 4 - Configure the Environment

Croodle uses environment variables to configure its settings. Copy the .env.dist file to .env:

cp .env.dist .env

Then, update the database credentials in the .env file:

DATABASE_URL=mysql://croodleuser:mypassword@localhost/croodle

Replace mypassword with the password you set in step 3.

Step 5 - Install and Run Croodle

Now that everything is set up, you can install Croodle by running the following command:

php bin/console doctrine:schema:update --force

This will create the necessary tables in the database.

Finally, you can run the built-in web server by running the following command:

php -S localhost:8080 -t public

This will start a web server on http://localhost:8080. You can access Croodle by visiting this URL in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Croodle on a FreeBSD system. You can now use Croodle to create polls or surveys without compromising your privacy.

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