Galette is a free and open-source membership management software that allows users to manage members, events, and subscription. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Galette on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, ensure you have the following:
The first step is to update FreeBSD to the latest version. Use the following command to update the system packages:
$ pkg update && pkg upgrade
After updating the system, install the required dependencies. To install Apache and PHP, run the following command:
$ pkg install apache24 php74 php74-mysqli
To install Nginx and PHP, run the following command instead:
$ pkg install nginx php74 php74-mysqli
After installing the web server, configure it to serve the Galette application. Follow the instructions below depending on the web server installed.
If you installed Apache, create a virtual host configuration file for Galette. Run the following command to create a new configuration file:
$ nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/galette.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/galette/
ServerName galette.example.com
<Directory "/usr/local/www/galette/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/galette-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/galette-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit the editor. Then, restart Apache:
$ service apache24 restart
If you installed Nginx, create a virtual host configuration file for Galette. Run the following command to create a new configuration file:
$ nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/galette.conf
Add the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name galette.example.com;
root /usr/local/www/galette;
index index.php;
access_log /var/log/nginx/galette-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/galette-error.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save the file and exit the editor. Then, restart Nginx:
$ service nginx restart
After configuring the web server, download the latest version of Galette from the official website:
$ cd /usr/local/www/
$ wget https://download.galette.eu/galette-0.9.4.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive:
$ tar -xzf galette-0.9.4.tar.gz
Then, move the galette directory to the root of the web server:
$ mv galette-0.9.4 galette
Later, set the appropriate permissions:
$ chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/galette/
To store Galette's data, create a new database in MySQL:
$ mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE galette;
CREATE USER 'galetteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON galette.* TO 'galetteuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password with a secure password for the user galetteuser.
Next, configure Galette to use the MySQL database. Copy the config-dist.inc.php to config.inc.php.
$ cd /usr/local/www/galette/
$ cp config/config-dist.inc.php config/config.inc.php
Then, edit the config.inc.php file and update the following variables:
$db_hostname = 'localhost';
$db_username = 'galetteuser';
$db_password = 'password';
$db_database = 'galette';
Again, replace password with the password for the galetteuser.
Finally, open your browser and navigate to the URL http://galette.example.com/ using the domain name you set earlier.
The Galette installation page will load.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Galette on FreeBSD Latest with Apache or Nginx. You also created a MySQL database for Galette and completed the configuration. You can now use Galette to manage memberships and events.
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