farmOS is a free and open source web-based farm management and record-keeping system designed for farmers, researchers, and food producers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install farmOS on FreeBSD Latest.
First, we need to make sure that our FreeBSD server is fully up-to-date. To do this, connect to your FreeBSD server using your SSH client and run the following commands.
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
Next, we need to install some packages that are required for farmOS to run. Run the following command in your terminal.
sudo pkg install -y apache24 mod_php74 php74-mysqli php74-curl php74-gd php74-json php74-openssl php74-zip php74-zlib
Download the latest version of farmOS from the official website.
cd /usr/local/www
sudo fetch https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/farm-7.x-1.5-core.tar.gz
Then, extract the downloaded file to the Apache document root directory /usr/local/www/.
sudo tar -zxf farm-7.x-1.5-core.tar.gz -C /usr/local/www/
We need to set the correct ownership and permissions on farmOS files and directories. This will allow the Apache web server to access and modify the files.
sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/farm*
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/farm*
We now need to configure the Apache web server to serve farmOS. First, create a virtual host configuration file for farmOS.
sudo touch /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/farmos.conf
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/farmos.conf
Add the following contents to the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/farmos
<Directory /usr/local/www/farmos>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/local/www/farmos/sites/default/files>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Require all granted
</Directory>
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
</FilesMatch>
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace your-domain.com with your actual domain name.
Restart Apache to apply the changes.
sudo service apache24 restart
Next, we need to create a MySQL database for farmOS. Run the following command in your terminal.
sudo pkg install -y mysql57-server mysql57-client
sudo service mysql-server start
sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password and run the following commands.
CREATE DATABASE farm;
CREATE USER 'farmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON farm.* TO 'farmuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace password with a secure password of your choice.
Finally, we need to install Drupal which is the engine behind farmOS. Open your web browser and navigate to http://your-domain.com/install.php. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
After the installation is complete, log in to your farmOS dashboard using your admin credentials.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed farmOS on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start managing your farm activities and records using farmOS.
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