openHAB is an open-source home automation system that allows you to control various devices and services in your home from a single platform. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install openHAB on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you start to install openHAB, you need to ensure that your FreeBSD system is updated to the latest version. To update your FreeBSD system, run the following command:
sudo freebsd-update fetch install
openHAB requires Java to run correctly, so you need to install the latest version of Java. To do this, run the following command:
sudo pkg install openjdk8
Go to the official openHAB website and download the latest version of openHAB for FreeBSD Linux.
wget https://bintray.com/openhab/mvn/download_file?file_path=org%2Fopenhab%2Fdistro%2Fopenhab%2F2.5.11%2Fopenhab-2.5.11.zip
After downloading openHAB, extract it to the /usr/local directory:
sudo unzip openhab-2.5.11.zip -d /usr/local
This will create a directory named openhab-2.5.11 in the /usr/local directory.
Create a new user for openHAB to run under:
sudo pw useradd -n openhab -m -s /usr/sbin/nologin
Next, create a file called openhab.service under /usr/local/etc/rc.d and paste the following contents:
#!/bin/sh
# PROVIDE: openhab
# REQUIRE: LOGIN DAEMON NETWORKING
# KEYWORD: shutdown
. /etc/rc.subr
name="openhab"
rcvar="openhab_enable"
load_rc_config $name
: ${openhab_user="openhab"}
: ${openhab_dir="/usr/local/openhab-2.5.11"}
: ${openhab_pid_file="/var/run/${name}.pid"}
command="${openhab_dir}/runtime/bin/karaf"
command_args="server"
start_precmd="openhab_precmd"
stop_postcmd="openhab_postcmd"
pidfile=${openhab_pid_file}
openhab_precmd()
{
echo "Starting openHAB"
su -m "${openhab_user}" -c "cd ${openhab_dir} && $command $command_args"
}
openhab_postcmd()
{
rm -f "${pidfile}"
}
run_rc_command "$1"
After that, run the following command:
sudo mkdir /var/run/openhab
sudo chown openhab:openhab /var/run/openhab
sudo chmod 775 /var/run/openhab
sudo touch /var/run/openhab.pid
sudo chown openhab:openhab /var/run/openhab.pid
Finally, you need to enable and start openHAB by running the following commands:
sudo sysrc openhab_enable=YES
sudo service openhab start
Congratulations, you have successfully installed openHAB on FreeBSD Latest. You can now access your openHAB web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/. You can start to configure and use openHAB to control your home automation devices.
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