Our Shopping List is an open-source web application that allows users to create and manage their grocery shopping lists online. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Our Shopping List on FreeBSD.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
To get started, clone the Our Shopping List repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/nanawel/our-shopping-list.git
This will create a directory named our-shopping-list in your current working directory.
Next, you need to configure Apache and PHP to run the Our Shopping List web application.
Open the Apache configuration file /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf in your preferred editor and add the following lines to the bottom of the file:
Alias /our-shopping-list /path/to/our-shopping-list/public
<Directory /path/to/our-shopping-list/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Replace /path/to/our-shopping-list with the path to the directory where you cloned the Our Shopping List repository.
Save and close the file.
Then, open the PHP configuration file /usr/local/etc/php.ini in your preferred editor and make sure the following settings are enabled:
extension=mysqli
extension=pdo_mysql
Save and close the file.
Next, you need to create a MySQL database and user for the Our Shopping List web application.
Log in to your MySQL server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Create a new database and user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE our_shopping_list;
CREATE USER 'our_shopping_list'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON our_shopping_list.* TO 'our_shopping_list'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Exit the MySQL prompt using the following command:
exit
Next, you need to configure the Our Shopping List application by copying the sample configuration file to its proper location and editing it.
cd our-shopping-list
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file in your preferred editor and make the following changes:
APP_ENV=production
APP_URL=http://your-server-ip-or-domain/our-shopping-list
...
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=our_shopping_list
DB_USERNAME=our_shopping_list
DB_PASSWORD=password
Make sure to replace http://your-server-ip-or-domain/our-shopping-list with your actual server IP address or domain name.
Save and close the file.
Next, you need to install the application dependencies using Composer and set the proper permissions for the application files.
In the our-shopping-list directory, run the following commands:
php composer.phar install --no-dev
chmod -R 755 storage bootstrap/cache
Next, generate a new application key using the php artisan key:generate command:
php artisan key:generate
Next, migrate the database using the php artisan migrate command:
php artisan migrate
Finally, configure a cron job to periodically clean up expired shopping lists.
Open the crontab editor using the following command:
crontab -e
Add the following line to the bottom of the file:
* * * * * cd /path/to/our-shopping-list && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
Replace /path/to/our-shopping-list with the path to the directory where you cloned the Our Shopping List repository.
Save and close the file.
You have now successfully installed Our Shopping List on FreeBSD Latest. Visit the following URL in your web browser to access the application:
http://your-server-ip-or-domain/our-shopping-list
Congratulations! You can now start creating and managing your grocery shopping lists online.
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