The Foreman is an open-source tool for managing server life cycles. It provides a web-based interface to manage provisioning, configuration, and reporting of servers. This tutorial will guide you on how to install The Foreman on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed, ensure that you have the following:
The Foreman requires some dependencies to function correctly. Therefore, before we install The Foreman, we need to install the following dependencies:
To install them, run the following command:
sudo pkg install ruby postgresql13-server apache24 mod_passenger git
To install The Foreman, we need to clone the Foreman repository from Git using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/theforeman/foreman.git /usr/local/foreman
Once the cloning process is complete, switch to the Foreman directory and checkout the latest release using the command:
cd /usr/local/foreman
sudo git checkout 2.4-stable
Next, install the required gems using bundler. Run the following command:
sudo gem install bundler --no-document
sudo bundle install --without mysql postgresql sqlite test
Now that we have installed The Foreman, let's proceed to configuration.
For The Foreman to work correctly, we need to configure the database, web server, and application settings.
We need to create a PostgreSQL database for The Foreman. Run the following command to initialize the PostgreSQL database cluster:
sudo service postgresql initdb
Start the PostgreSQL service using the command:
sudo service postgresql start
To configure the PostgreSQL database, create a new database, user, and grant the user all privileges to the database using the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
psql -c "create database foreman;"
psql -c "create user foreman with password 'password';"
psql -c "grant all privileges on database foreman to foreman;"
exit
To configure Apache and Passenger, create a new file at /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/foreman.conf and add the following configuration:
LoadModule passenger_module /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7/gems/passenger-6.0.10/buildout/apache2/mod_passenger.so
<IfModule mod_passenger.c>
PassengerUser foreman
PassengerGroup www
PassengerRuby /usr/local/bin/ruby27
</IfModule>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName foreman.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/foreman/public
<Directory /usr/local/foreman/public>
AllowOverride all
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/foreman_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/foreman_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "foreman.example.com" with your server's hostname or IP address.
Copy the Foreman settings file from /usr/local/foreman/config/settings.yaml.example to /usr/local/foreman/config/settings.yaml using the command below:
cp /usr/local/foreman/config/settings.yaml.example /usr/local/foreman/config/settings.yaml
Open the file in your favorite editor and configure the following parameters:
:foreman_url: "http://foreman.example.com"
:database:
:adapter: postgresql
:database: foreman
:username: foreman
:password: password
:host: localhost
:puppetdb:
:url: "http://puppetdb.example.com:8080"
Replace "foreman.example.com" with your server's hostname or IP address and set the correct values for the database and PuppetDB.
Now that we have completed the configuration, let's start The Foreman using the command:
cd /usr/local/foreman
sudo foreman-rake db:migrate
sudo foreman-rake db:seed
sudo service apache24 start
You should be able to access The Foreman on your web browser using the URL http://foreman.example.com.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed The Foreman on FreeBSD Latest.
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