SheetAble is a web-based spreadsheet software that can be used to create, edit, and share spreadsheets. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SheetAble on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing SheetAble, you need to have the following prerequisites:
First, download the latest version of SheetAble from the official website at https://sheetable.net/download. You can download the software using the following command in the terminal:
cd /usr/local/www/
sudo wget https://sheetable.net/download/download.php?os=bsd
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
sudo tar -xzf sheetable-*.tar.gz
This will extract the SheetAble software into a new directory named sheetable.
Next, you need to configure Apache or Nginx web server to serve the SheetAble software. Depending on your web server, you can create a new virtual host or configure an existing one to serve the SheetAble software.
For Apache, you can create a new virtual host by creating a new file in the /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/ directory with the following content:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot "/usr/local/www/sheetable"
ServerName sheetable.example.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/sheetable-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/sheetable-access.log" common
<Directory "/usr/local/www/sheetable">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
For Nginx, you can create a new server block in the /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory with the following content:
server {
listen 80;
server_name sheetable.example.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/sheetable-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/sheetable-error.log;
root /usr/local/www/sheetable;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Replace example.com with your domain name or IP address. Once done, save and exit the file.
SheetAble requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store the data. If you don't have a MySQL or MariaDB server, you can install it using the following command:
sudo pkg install mysql57-server
Once the database server is installed, create a new database and user with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE sheetable;
CREATE USER 'sheetable'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sheetable.* TO 'sheetable'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Next, you need to configure SheetAble to connect to the database. To do this, navigate to the /usr/local/www/sheetable/config/ directory and rename the config-sample.php file to config.php:
cd /usr/local/www/sheetable/config/
sudo mv config-sample.php config.php
Next, edit the config.php file and update the following values with your database details:
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'sheetable');
define('DB_USER', 'sheetable');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');
Replace password with the database user's password that you created earlier.
Before using SheetAble, you need to install the required dependencies by executing the following command in the terminal:
cd /usr/local/www/sheetable/
sudo php composer.phar install
This will download and install all the required PHP dependencies.
Once you have completed all the above steps, you can now access SheetAble by visiting the domain name or IP address configured in your web server.
You should see the SheetAble login screen. Enter the default username (admin) and password (password), and click on the Login button to access the SheetAble dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SheetAble on FreeBSD Latest. You can now create, edit, and share spreadsheets with SheetAble.
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