How to Install Inventree on FreeBSD Latest

Inventree is an open-source inventory management system. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Inventree on FreeBSD Latest.

Steps

1. Update your FreeBSD package repository to ensure that you have the latest version:

   sudo pkg update
   

2. Install the dependencies for Inventree:

   sudo pkg install postgresql12 py38-pip apache24 mod_wsgi_py38
   

   • postgresql12: The PostgreSQL database that Inventree uses to store data.
   • py38-pip: The Python package installer that Inventree needs to install its dependencies.
   • apache24: The Apache web server to serve Inventree.
   • mod_wsgi_py38: WSGI Apache connector for Python 3.8.

3. Create a new user for Inventree:

   sudo pw adduser inventree -c "Inventree User" -s /usr/sbin/nologin
   

4. Switch to the inventree user:

   sudo su - inventree
   

5. Clone the Inventree repository:

   git clone https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree.git
   

6. Change into the InvenTree directory:

   cd InvenTree
   

7. Install the required Python packages using pip:

   pip3 install -r requirements.txt
   

8. Create a PostgreSQL database for Inventree:

   sudo su - postgres
   createdb --owner=inventree inventree
   

9. Create a configuration file for Inventree:

   cp -r contrib/inventree.conf.example /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/inventree.conf
   

   Edit the configuration file /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/inventree.conf as follows

   Alias /inventree/static/ /usr/local/share/inventree/static/
   <Directory /usr/local/share/inventree/static>
       Require all granted
   </Directory>
   
   <Directory /usr/local/share/inventree>
       WSGIApplicationGroup inventree
       WSGIProcessGroup inventree
       <Files wsgi.py>
           Require all granted
       </Files>
   </Directory>
   
   WSGIDaemonProcess inventree python-path=/home/inventree/InvenTree python-home=/home/inventree/InvenTree/venv user=inventree group=inventree
   WSGIProcessGroup inventree
   WSGIApplicationGroup inventree
   WSGIScriptAlias /inventree /usr/local/share/inventree/wsgi.py process-group=inventree
   

10. Restart the Apache web server:

    sudo service apache24 restart
    

11. Visit http://localhost/inventree/ in your web browser to access the Inventree web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Inventree on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use it as an inventory management system.

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