Hadmean is a PHP-based self-hosted blogging platform that allows you to create and manage your own blog. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Hadmean on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we get started with the installation process, you need to ensure that your FreeBSD system meets the following prerequisites:
The first step is to download the latest version of Hadmean from the official website. You can download the source code by running the following command:
$ sudo pkg install git
$ git clone https://github.com/hadmean/hadmean.git
This will download the Hadmean source code to your local system.
Once you have downloaded the source code, you need to configure the web server to host the Hadmean site. For this tutorial, we will be using Apache as our web server.
Open the Apache configuration file using your favorite text editor:
$ sudo vim /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin your_email@example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/hadmean
ServerName yourdomain.com
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/hadmean-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/hadmean-access.log combined
<Directory "/path/to/hadmean">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace /path/to/hadmean with the path where you have downloaded the Hadmean source code. Replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name.
Next, you need to install the dependencies required by Hadmean. Run the following command in your terminal:
$ cd /path/to/hadmean
$ sudo pkg install composer
$ composer install
Before you can start using Hadmean, you need to configure it. Copy the config.sample.php file to config.php:
$ cp config.sample.php config.php
Open the config.php file with your text editor and modify the following parameters according to your system and preferences:
define('SITE_NAME', "My Blog");
define('SITE_DESCRIPTION', "This is my personal blog.");
define('BASE_URL', 'http://yourdomain.com');
define('UPLOAD_PATH', '/path/to/hadmean/uploads');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'hadmean');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
Replace the values above with your own settings.
Hadmean uses a MySQL database to store your blog data. You can create a new database using the following command:
$ sudo pkg install mariadb103-client mariadb103-server
$ mysql -u root -p
Once you are logged in to the MySQL shell, run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE hadmean;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON hadmean.* TO 'hadmean'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace password with your own password.
Next, you need to initialize the database by running the following command:
$ php setup.php
This will create the necessary tables and import some default data.
That's it! Now you have successfully installed Hadmean on FreeBSD Latest. To access your blog, go to http://yourdomain.com in your web browser. You can start writing blog posts and customize your site by logging in to the administration panel (http://yourdomain.com/admin) using the username and password you set during installation.
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