QloApps is a robust open-source software for managing online hotel bookings. It is built on top of the most popular and secure PHP framework, Laravel. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to install QloApps on FreeBSD Latest:
Before we start with the installation of QloApps, we need to make sure that the FreeBSD system is up-to-date. You can use the following command to update the system:
sudo freebsd-update fetch install
QloApps requires several packages to run properly. We'll install these packages using the pkg package manager. Execute the following command to install the required packages:
sudo pkg install apache24 mod_php73 mariadb103-server php73-mysqli php73-gd php73-mbstring php73-xml php73-zip
QloApps requires a database to store and manage hotel information. We will use MariaDB as the database server. To install MariaDB and configure it, execute the following commands:
sudo pkg install mariadb103-server
sudo service mysql-server start
sudo mysql_secure_installation
The above commands will install MariaDB, start the database server, and help you set up a secure password for the MariaDB root user.
Next, we will create a new database and grant the required permissions to a new user.
sudo mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE qloapps;
> CREATE USER 'qloapps'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON qloapps.* TO 'qloapps'@'localhost';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;
This will create a new database qloapps, create a new user qloapps with the password password, and grant all privileges to the user on the qloapps database.
We'll download the latest version of QloApps from the official website. To do so, use the following command:
wget https://github.com/qloapps/QloApps/releases/download/1.4.2/QloApps-v1.4.2.zip
After downloading the file, we'll extract it to the Apache web server's document root directory.
sudo mkdir /usr/local/www/apache24/data/qloapps
sudo unzip QloApps-v1.4.2.zip -d /usr/local/www/apache24/data/qloapps
sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/data/qloapps
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/qloapps
We need to configure Apache Virtual Host to run QloApps. Open the Apache Virtual Host Configuration file /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf and add the following lines at the end of the file:
Listen 80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/apache24/data/qloapps/
<Directory /usr/local/www/apache24/data/qloapps>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/qloapps_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/qloapps_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with your preferred domain name. Save the file and exit.
Restart Apache and MariaDB to apply any changes made in the configuration files.
sudo service apache24 start
sudo service mysql-server restart
Open a web browser and navigate to the URL http://example.com/. The QloApps installation wizard should appear. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
During the installation process, use the following database credentials:
Database Name: qloapps
Database User: qloapps
Database Password: password
Database Host: localhost
Database Port: 3306 (default)
Once the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the QloApps dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed QloApps on FreeBSD Latest.
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