NocoDB is a free, open-source self-hosted alternative to Airtable, creating and managing your custom database with ease. In this tutorial, we will guide you through installing NocoDB on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, you will need:
First, we will install all the necessary packages required by NocoDB using the following command:
sudo pkg install -y curl nano unzip wget
NocoDB runs on Node.js. So, we need to install Node.js on our FreeBSD system. You can install Node.js by following these commands:
sudo pkg install -y node12 npm
Verify Node.js installation by running the following command:
node -v
This will return the version number of Node.js installed in your system.
We will now download and extract the NocoDB package using the following commands:
wget https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/archive/refs/tags/refs/tags/v0.5.8.tar.gz
tar -zxvf v0.5.8.tar.gz
We will now configure NocoDB by running the following commands:
cd nocodb-0.5.8
npm install
cp sample.env .env
nano .env
This will copy the sample.env file and rename it to .env. The second command will open the .env file in nano editor. In this file, set the following variables with your own values:
DB_URI=mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/my_db
DB_NAME=nocodb
DB_USER=root
DB_PASS=
PORT=8080
We will now start NocoDB using the following command:
npm start
This will start NocoDB on port 8080. You can now access the NocoDB web interface by visiting http://your-server-ip:8080.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed NocoDB on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start creating your custom database with NocoDB.
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