How to Install ZenTao on FreeBSD

ZenTao is an open-source project management tool that can be installed on various operating systems, including FreeBSD. In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of installing ZenTao on FreeBSD.

Prerequisite

Before installing ZenTao, make sure that your FreeBSD system is updated and all necessary packages are installed. You can update your system by running the following command:

sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade

Make sure that Apache and PHP are installed:

sudo pkg install apache24
sudo pkg install php74 php74-mysqli php74-tokenizer php74-bz2 php74-curl php74-dom php74-filter php74-gd php74-json php74-mbstring php74-posix php74-session php74-simplexml php74-xml php74-xmlreader php74-xmlrpc php74-xmlwriter php74-zip php74-ctype php74-pdo php74-pdo_mysql php74-pdo_sqlite php74-openssl php74-mcrypt

And MySQL or MariaDB is installed and configured:

sudo pkg install mysql57-server
sudo service mysql-server start

Download and Install ZenTao

Step 1: Download the latest ZenTao version from the official website. You can download it using the wget command:

sudo wget http://dl.cnezsoft.com/zentao/11.7.3/ZenTaoPMS.11.7.3.zbox_64.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract the downloaded file using the tar command:

sudo tar -zxvf ZenTaoPMS.11.7.3.zbox_64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/

Step 3: Rename the extracted folder:

sudo mv /usr/local/ZenTaoPMS.* /usr/local/zentao

Step 4: Set the appropriate permissions:

sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local/zentao/www/data
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local/zentao/www/tmp
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local/zentao/app/*/config

Step 5: Create a virtual host for ZenTao. Open the Apache virtual hosts configuration file:

sudo vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/zentao.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin your-email@example.com
    DocumentRoot "/usr/local/zentao/www/"
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/zentao-error_log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/zentao-access_log" common
    <Directory "/usr/local/zentao/www/">
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Step 6: Restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo service apache24 restart

Setup ZenTao

To use ZenTao, open your web browser and type in the address bar the IP address or domain name of your server. The ZenTao installation wizard should appear, which prompts you to set your MySQL or MariaDB database settings.

Follow the prompts and complete the installation process. Once you have completed the installation, you can access ZenTao by typing the IP address or domain name of your server, followed by '/zentao' in the address bar of your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed ZenTao on FreeBSD.

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