TileServer PHP is an open-source map tile server that can transform and deliver vector tiles. This tutorial explains how to install TileServer PHP on the latest version of FreeBSD.
Before proceeding, you should have the following:
The first step to install TileServer PHP is to ensure that your system has all the requirements. You can install the necessary packages using the following command:
sudo pkg install php74 php74-json php74-gd php74-mbstring php74-pdo_sqlite php74-sqlite3
You can download the latest version of TileServer PHP from the website. You can use curl command to download TileServer PHP in the command line.
curl -sL https://api.maptiler.com/tileserver-php/download-latest-stable --output tileserver.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the .tar.gz file with the following command:
tar xf tileserver.tar.gz
After the extraction, navigate to the directory where you extracted the Tar file. For example, you can use the following command to move to the extracted directory.
cd /usr/local/www/tileserver-php
To install TileServer PHP, run the installation script with the following command:
sudo ./tileserver-php.sh install
After installation, start TileServer PHP with the following command:
sudo ./tileserver-php.sh start
To test if the installation was successful, open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://your-server-ip:8080/
You should see the TileServer PHP demo page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed TileServer PHP on your FreeBSD Latest system. You can now use it to serve map tiles.
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