How to Install Easy!Appointments on FreeBSD Latest

Easy!Appointments is a powerful online appointment scheduling software that enables users to book, manage and track their appointments with ease. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Easy!Appointments on FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that your FreeBSD system is updated and essential packages installed:

$ sudo pkg update
$ sudo pkg install apache24 php73 php73-mysqli php73-curl php73-gd php73-mbstring php73-json php73-xml php73-zip

Step 1: Install and Configure Apache Web Server

We will begin by installing and setting up the Apache web server. Run the following command to install Apache:

$ sudo pkg install apache24

Once Apache is installed, start the service and enable it to start automatically on system startup:

$ sudo sysrc apache24_enable=YES
$ sudo service apache24 start

To verify that Apache is up and running, visit http://your_server_ip in your web browser.

Step 2: Install MySQL

Easy!Appointments uses MySQL as the database management system. Run the following command to install MySQL:

$ sudo pkg install mysql80-server

Once installed, start the MySQL service and enable it to start automatically on system startup:

$ sudo sysrc mysql_enable=YES
$ sudo service mysql-server start

Next, run the MySQL security script to remove insecure default settings:

$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database and User for Easy!Appointments

Login to the MySQL server as the root user:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database for Easy!Appointments:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE easyappointments;

Create a new user and grant it full privileges on the newly created database:

mysql> CREATE USER 'eauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON easyappointments.* TO 'eauser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Step 4: Download and Install Easy!Appointments

Download the latest release of Easy!Appointments from their official website:

$ sudo pkg install wget
$ wget https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments/releases/download/1.5.2/easyappointments-1.5.2.zip

Unzip the file and move the contents to the Apache web root directory:

$ unzip easyappointments-1.5.2.zip
$ sudo mv easyappointments /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Set the web server directory ownership and permissions:

$ sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/data/easyappointments
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/easyappointments

Step 5: Configure Easy!Appointments

Copy the sample configuration file and modify it to match your system settings:

$ cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/easyappointments
$ cp easyappointments/config/config-sample.php easyappointments/config/config.php

Edit the configuration file and set the following parameters based on your MySQL database credentials:

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'eauser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_NAME', 'easyappointments');

Step 6: Access Easy!Appointments

Once all the above steps are completed, you can access Easy!Appointments by visiting http://your_server_ip/easyappointments in your web browser. You will be required to create an administrator account and configure some basic settings such as email and timezone.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Easy!Appointments on FreeBSD. You can now use it to manage your appointments with ease.

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