How to Install webtrees on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install webtrees on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

• A FreeBSD Latest server with root access
• Apache web server installed and running
• MySQL database installed and running
• PHP version 5.6 or later installed and running

Step 1: Download webtrees

1. Go to the official webtrees website at https://www.webtrees.net
2. Click on the "Download" button to download the latest version of webtrees
3. Save the downloaded file to a directory on your FreeBSD server

Step 2: Extract the webtrees Archive

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you saved the downloaded webtrees archive
2. Enter this command to extract the archive:

tar -zxvf webtrees-x.x.x.tar.gz

Note that x.x.x is the version number of the webtrees archive you downloaded. Replace it with the actual version number.

Step 3: Move webtrees Files to Apache DocRoot

1. Navigate to the directory where webtrees files were extracted
2. Move the files to a directory in your Apache web server's document root. Typically, this will be /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

You can use this command to move the webtrees files to the Apache document root:

mv webtrees-x.x.x/* /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Step 4: Create MySQL Database for webtrees

1. Login to MySQL using the root username and password:

mysql -u root -p 

2. Create a new database for webtrees using the following command (replace webtree with your preferred database name):

CREATE DATABASE webtrees;

3. Create a new MySQL user and grant privileges to the newly created database, using this command (replace webuser and password with your preferred username and password):

CREATE USER 'webuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON webtrees.* TO 'webuser'@'localhost';

4. Flush privileges to ensure that the changes take effect:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 5: Configure webtrees

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://your_server_ip/
2. The webtrees installation wizard should appear. Follow the prompts to configure webtrees:
   • Choose your preferred language and click "Next".
   • Check for PHP extensions and click "Next".
   • Enter your MySQL database details that you created in step 4, and click "Next".
   • Confirm webtrees details and click "Install".
3. Once the installation is complete, webtrees will prompt you to create an administrator account. Follow the prompts to create the account.

Step 6: Access Webtrees

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://your_server_ip/
2. Login with the administrator account you created in Step 5.
3. Congratulations! You have successfully installed webtrees on FreeBSD Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered the steps required to install and configure webtrees on FreeBSD Latest. By following these steps, you can now use webtrees to manage your genealogy records.

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