DreamFactory is a great platform that helps developers build and deploy web applications and mobile apps quickly. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing DreamFactory on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you can install DreamFactory, you will need to have a few dependencies installed. You should start by installing Apache 2.4, PHP 7.4 or later, and MySQL 5.5 or later. You can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo pkg install apache24 mysql57-server php74 php74-mysql php74-curl php74-fileinfo php74-gettext php74-json php74-mbstring php74-opcache php74-pdo php74-pdo_mysql php74-session php74-tokenizer php74-xml php74-xmlreader php74-zip libzip php74-zlib
Once the installation is complete, you can start the Apache and MySQL services using the following commands:
sudo sysrc apache24_enable="YES"
sudo service apache24 start
sudo sysrc mysql_enable="YES"
sudo service mysql-server start
You can download the latest version of DreamFactory from their website at https://www.dreamfactory.com/. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded archive file to your desired location.
mkdir /usr/local/dreamfactory
tar zxvf dreamfactory-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /usr/local/dreamfactory --strip-components=1
You will need to create a new MySQL database and user account for DreamFactory. You can use the following commands to do this:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE dreamfactory;
CREATE USER 'dreamfactory'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dreamfactory.* TO 'dreamfactory'@'localhost';
You can configure DreamFactory by editing the .env file in the installation directory. You can use the following command to make a copy of the sample .env file to use as a template:
cp .env.sample .env
Next, edit the .env file and set the following variables:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_DATABASE=dreamfactory
DB_USERNAME=dreamfactory
DB_PASSWORD=your_password_here
You can install DreamFactory by running the following command in the installation directory:
composer install --no-dev
Once the installation is complete, you can start the DreamFactory service using the following command:
php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8080
You can verify your installation by opening a web browser and entering the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/
You should see the DreamFactory login screen. You can log in using the default credentials:
Congratulations, you have successfully installed DreamFactory on FreeBSD Latest!
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