Traq is a lightweight PHP-based project management system that allows teams to collaborate and organize tasks. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Traq on FreeBSD latest.
Before installing Traq, update the FreeBSD package repositories to ensure that you have the latest versions of all packages.
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Next, install the required packages for Traq to run on FreeBSD.
sudo pkg install php74-ctype php74-curl php74-dom php74-exif php74-fileinfo php74-filter php74-gd php74-hash php74-iconv php74-intl php74-json php74-mbstring php74-mysqli php74-opcache php74-openssl php74-pdo php74-pdo_mysql php74-phar php74-session php74-tokenizer php74-xml php74-xmlreader php74-zip
Download the latest version of Traq from the official website using the wget command.
wget https://github.com/traq/traq/releases/download/v4.3.5/traq-4.3.5.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the archive with the unzip command.
unzip traq-4.3.5.zip -d /usr/local/www/
After extracting the archive, navigate to the Traq directory and configure the application by copying the example configuration file.
cd /usr/local/www/traq-4.3.5
cp config-default.php config.php
Open the config.php file with a text editor and set the correct database details to connect with the MySQL or MariaDB database.
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_PORT', 3306);
define('DB_NAME', 'traq');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
Save and close the config.php file.
Set the correct file permissions for the Traq directory.
sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/traq-4.3.5
The final step is to configure the Apache web server to serve the Traq application.
Create a new Apache configuration file for Traq.
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/traq.conf
Add the following configuration to the file.
Alias /traq /usr/local/www/traq-4.3.5
<Directory /usr/local/www/traq-4.3.5>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect.
sudo service apache24 restart
Traq should now be accessible through a web browser by navigating to http://localhost/traq.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Traq, a lightweight project management system, on FreeBSD latest. Traq is now ready to use and manage your team's tasks and projects.
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