ResourceSpace is a digital asset management system which allows you to store, organize and share your digital assets like images, documents, videos and audio files in a centralized location. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing ResourceSpace on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you start, you need to ensure that your FreeBSD server has the following prerequisites installed:
Log into your FreeBSD server and download the latest version of ResourceSpace from https://www.resourcespace.com/downloads using the following command:
# cd /usr/local/src
# fetch https://www.resourcespace.com/getzip
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the zip file:
# unzip getzip
The extracted files will be located in a directory named resourcespace-x.x.x.
Next, you need to create a MySQL database for ResourceSpace. Login to your MySQL server using the following command:
# mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted. Then create a new database, user and grant permissions to the database user as shown below:
mysql>CREATE DATABASE resourcespace;
mysql>CREATE USER 'rsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'rspassword';
mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON resourcespace.* TO 'rsuser'@'localhost';
mysql>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql>exit
Replace rsuser and rspassword with your preferred username and password.
ResourceSpace runs on Apache web server. You need to make some configuration changes to Apache to enable it to serve ResourceSpace files.
First, create a virtual host configuration file for ResourceSpace:
# vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/resourcespace.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
# Replace example.com with your domain name
DocumentRoot /usr/local/src/resourcespace-x.x.x
# Replace /usr/local/src/resourcespace-x.x.x with the actual path to the ResourceSpace installation directory
<Directory /usr/local/src/resourcespace-x.x.x>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the rewrite and ssl Apache modules:
# cd /usr/local/etc/apache24/modules.d
# ln -s ../mods-available/rewrite.load rewrite.load
# ln -s ../mods-available/ssl.load ssl.load
Restart Apache web server to apply the changes:
# service apache24 restart
Visit your domain name in a web browser. You should see the ResourceSpace installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
When prompted for the database details, enter the following information:
Once the installation is complete, ResourceSpace should be accessible from your domain name.
You have successfully installed ResourceSpace on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start using it to manage your digital assets.
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