FarmOS is an open-source, web-based farm management and record-keeping application to manage and monitor your farm operations. This tutorial will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing farmOS on your Linux Mint Latest machine.
Before you get started with the installation of farmOS, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
Apache is a widely used web server that is responsible for serving web content to clients over HTTP. In this step, we will install and configure Apache web server on your Linux Mint Latest machine.
To install Apache web server, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once installed, start the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
Verify the Apache service has started successfully by opening your web browser and navigating to:
http://localhost
If you see the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page, you have successfully installed and started the Apache web server.
MySQL/MariaDB is a popular relational database management system that is used to store and manage data. In this step, we will install and configure MySQL/MariaDB server on your Linux Mint Latest machine.
To install MySQL server, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Once installed, start the MySQL service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mysql
To secure your MySQL installation, you will need to run the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This will prompt you to configure several security-related options, including setting a password for the root user.
PHP is a popular server-side scripting language used to develop web applications. In this step, we will install PHP version 7.1 or higher on your Linux Mint Latest machine.
To install PHP, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
Once installed, restart the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Verify that PHP is installed and working correctly by creating a PHP info file by running the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php
Add the following code into the file:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Save and close the file. Open your web browser and navigate to:
http://localhost/info.php
If you see the PHP info page, PHP is installed correctly.
Git is a popular version control system used for source code management. In this step, we will install Git on your Linux Mint Latest machine.
To install Git, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install git
In this step, we will clone the farmOS repository from the official website and extract the files to the Apache root directory.
Navigate to the Apache root directory by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html
Clone the farmOS repository from GitHub by running the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS.git
Once cloned, change the ownership of the farmOS directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/farmOS
Next, create a new virtual host file for farmOS by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/farmOS.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/farmOS
<Directory /var/www/html/farmOS>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Enable the new virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite farmOS.conf
Restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
In this step, we will configure the farmOS installation by creating a new database, configuring the database settings, and setting up the site installation.
To create a new database, run the following command in your terminal:
mysql -u root -p
You will then be prompted for the MySQL root password. Once authenticated, run the following commands to create a new database and a new MySQL user:
CREATE DATABASE farmos;
GRANT ALL ON farmos.* TO 'farmos' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Be sure to replace 'password' with a strong password of your choosing.
Next, navigate to the farmOS installation directory:
cd /var/www/html/farmOS/sites/default
Copy the default settings file:
sudo cp default.settings.php settings.php
Make the settings.php file writable by the Apache user:
sudo chown www-data:www-data settings.php
Open the settings.php file for editing:
sudo nano settings.php
Find the following lines:
$databases = array (
'default' => array (
'default' => array (
'database' => '',
'username' => '',
'password' => '',
'host' => '',
'port' => '',
'driver' => 'mysql',
Replace the empty lines with the following:
$databases = array (
'default' => array (
'default' => array (
'database' => 'farmos',
'username' => 'farmos',
'password' => 'password',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '3306',
'driver' => 'mysql',
Again, be sure to replace 'password' with the MySQL user password you chose earlier.
Save and close the file.
Finally, navigate to your site installation by opening your web browser and navigating to:
http://localhost
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of farmOS.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured farmOS on your Linux Mint Latest machine.
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