FarmOS is a free and open-source web-based farm management software that allows farmers to track and manage various aspects of their farm operations. This tutorial will guide you on how to install farmOS on MXLinux.
Before you proceed with the installation, ensure that you have the following:
To install farmOS on MXLinux, you need to install Apache, PHP, MariaDB, and other dependencies. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server php php-gd php-mysql php-curl php-xml libapache2-mod-php libjpeg62-turbo-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev
Next, you need to configure the database for farmOS. Run the following command to secure the database server:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to set up the root user password and other security options. Once done, log in to the database server as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database and user for farmOS:
CREATE DATABASE farmos;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON farmos.* TO 'farmosuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Change the username and password to your preferred values.
Download the latest stable version of farmOS from the official website:
wget https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS/releases/download/7.x-1.5/farmOS-7.x-1.5-core.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive to the Apache web directory:
sudo tar -C /var/www/html/ -zxvf farmOS-7.x-1.5-core.tar.gz
Rename the farmOS directory to a custom name:
sudo mv /var/www/html/farmOS /var/www/html/myfarm
Update the Apache configuration file to serve the farmOS directory:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines in the configuration file:
Alias / myfarm/
<Directory /var/www/html/myfarm>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file. Restart the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Configure the farmOS settings by copying the default settings file:
cd /var/www/html/myfarm/sites/default/
sudo cp default.settings.php settings.php
sudo chown www-data:www-data settings.php
Edit the settings file:
sudo nano settings.php
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
$databases['default']['default'] = array(
'database' => 'farmos',
'username' => 'farmosuser',
'password' => 'password',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '3306',
'driver' => 'mysql',
'prefix' => ''
);
Save and close the file.
Lastly, install the farmOS profile by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html/myfarm
sudo drush site:install farm --db-url=mysql://farmosuser:password@localhost/farmos --site-name="My farm"
Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
You can now access the farmOS dashboard by opening a web browser and entering your server's IP address or domain name followed by /myfarm. For instance, http://192.168.0.100/myfarm.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed farmOS on MXLinux.
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