HospitalRun is an open-source, free and easy-to-use Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) that can be used worldwide. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing HospitalRun on FreeBSD, the latest version.
Before you begin, you need to have the following:
The first thing you need to do is to install Node.js on your FreeBSD instance. Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that helps to develop server-side applications. To install Node.js, run the following command:
sudo pkg install node
After installing Node.js, confirm its installation by running the following command:
node -v
HospitalRun uses MongoDB as its backend database. To install MongoDB, run the following command:
sudo pkg install mongodb
After installing MongoDB, start the service by running:
sudo service mongod start
You will require git to download the HospitalRun source code. To install Git, run the following command:
sudo pkg install git
Clone the HospitalRun repository by running:
git clone https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend.git
Configure the HospitalRun by changing to the repository directory and installing dependencies. Run the following command:
cd hospitalrun-frontend && npm install
Finally, start the HospitalRun server by running the following command:
npm start
Now HospitalRun is accessible at http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install HospitalRun, an open-source and free Hospital Information Management System on FreeBSD. You also learned how to set up prerequisites like Node.js, MongoDB, and Git, clone the HospitalRun repository, and configure it for running. Following these steps will help you get started with using HospitalRun on your FreeBSD server.
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