In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Hiccup on FreeBSD Latest. Hiccup is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application developed by DesignedByAshW.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Start by creating a new folder where you will store the Hiccup files. You can choose any directory you like, but we recommend using the /usr/local/www directory.
sudo mkdir /usr/local/www/hiccup
Next, download the latest version of Hiccup from the official website:
sudo wget -O hiccup.tar.gz https://designedbyashw.in/test/hiccup/Download/hiccup.tar.gz
Extract the contents of the downloaded file to the directory you created earlier:
sudo tar -xvf hiccup.tar.gz -C /usr/local/www/hiccup/
Hiccup stores its data in a MySQL database. To create a new database and user, log in to the MySQL server as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Hiccup:
CREATE DATABASE hiccup;
Create a new user and grant him full privileges to the newly created database:
CREATE USER 'hiccup_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON hiccup.* TO 'hiccup_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL prompt:
exit
Open the config.php file in the Hiccup directory using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /usr/local/www/hiccup/config.php
Update the following settings to match your MySQL credentials:
define('DBHOST', 'localhost');
define('DBNAME', 'hiccup');
define('DBUSER', 'hiccup_user');
define('DBPASS', 'yourpassword');
Save and close the file.
Next, we need to configure the web server to serve the Hiccup files. Here is an example configuration for Nginx:
Create a new configuration file for Hiccup:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/hiccup.conf
Paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.tld;
root /usr/local/www/hiccup;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace your_domain.tld with your own domain name or server IP address. Save and close the file.
Restart the Nginx server to apply the changes:
sudo service nginx restart
If you are using Apache, you can use the following configuration to serve Hiccup:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain.tld
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/hiccup
<Directory /usr/local/www/hiccup>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/hiccup_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/hiccup_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_domain.tld with your own domain name or server IP address. Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache server to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
Once you have completed the installation and configuration steps, open your web browser and visit the following URL:
http://your_domain.tld
Replace your_domain.tld with your own domain name or server IP address. You should see the Hiccup login page. Use the default credentials to log in:
That's it! You have successfully installed Hiccup on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start tracking your time and issuing invoices with Hiccup.
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