Selfoss is a free and open-source web-based RSS reader that allows you to easily read, organize and share RSS feeds from various sources. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Selfoss on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing Selfoss, you need to ensure that your FreeBSD system is up-to-date and has the necessary packages installed. You should also have a web server and database server installed and properly configured.
The first step is to install the PHP and PHP extensions required by Selfoss. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo pkg install php74 php74-mysql php74-curl php74-gd php74-json php74-mbstring php74-zip
This command will install PHP 7.4 and the necessary PHP extensions on your FreeBSD system.
Next, you need to download the Selfoss tarball from the official website. You can download it using the following command:
wget https://selfoss.aditu.de/selfoss-2.18.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the tarball using the following command:
unzip selfoss-2.18.zip
This will extract the files to a directory called selfoss.
Selfoss runs as a web application, so you need to configure your Apache web server to serve Selfoss files.
First, create a new virtual host configuration file for Selfoss by running the following command:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/selfoss.conf
In the file, paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/path/to/selfoss"
ServerName selfoss.example.com
<Directory "/path/to/selfoss">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/selfoss-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/selfoss-access_log" combined
</VirtualHost>
Be sure to update the DocumentRoot and ServerName to your requirements.
Save and exit the configuration file.
Selfoss requires a MySQL database backend to store the RSS feed data. You can create a new database and user for Selfoss using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE selfoss;
CREATE USER 'selfoss'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON selfoss.* TO 'selfoss'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Be sure to update the username and password to your requirements.
The final step is to install Selfoss. Copy the extracted Selfoss files to the web server document root:
sudo cp -R selfoss /path/to/document/root/
Navigate to the Selfoss URL in your web browser to complete the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your administrator account and configure Selfoss.
By following the above steps, you should now have Selfoss up and running on your FreeBSD Latest system. You can now easily organize and read RSS feeds from various sources in one place.
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