Installing ACP Admin on NetBSD

Introduction

ACP Admin is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL databases developed by the University of Geneva. In this tutorial, we will cover how to install ACP Admin on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that your NetBSD system has the following:

• Access to the internet
• PostgreSQL database installed and running
• Apache web server installed and running

Downloading ACP Admin

To download ACP Admin, we will use the wget command:

$ wget https://github.com/acp-admin/acp/releases/download/v1.3.2/acp-1.3.2.tar.gz

Extracting ACP Admin

Next, we will extract the downloaded file:

$ mkdir acp
$ tar xzf acp-1.3.2.tar.gz -C acp --strip-components=1

Configuring ACP Admin

Before we can use ACP Admin, we need to configure it. To do this, we will edit the app/config/parameters.yml file:

$ cd acp
$ vi app/config/parameters.yml

Here, you will need to set the following parameters:

• database_host: The hostname or IP address of your PostgreSQL database server.
• database_port: The port on which your PostgreSQL database server is running.
• database_name: The name of the database where you want to store the ACP Admin data.
• database_user: The username that ACP Admin will use to connect to the database.
• database_password: The password for the above username.

Installing ACP Admin

Once the configuration is complete, we can install ACP Admin:

$ bin/install

This will install all the required dependencies for ACP Admin.

Setting up Apache

Now that ACP Admin is installed, we need to set up Apache to serve the web interface. To do this, we will create a new Apache virtual host configuration file:

$ vi /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/conf/extra/acp-admin.conf

Here, we will add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName acp-admin.example.com

    DocumentRoot /path/to/acp/web
    DirectoryIndex index.php

    <Directory /path/to/acp/web>
        AllowOverride None
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All

        FallbackResource /index.php
    </Directory>

    # Optional: Enable HTTPS
    #Redirect permanent / https://acp-admin.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

Don't forget to replace acp-admin.example.com with the hostname you want to use.

Start Apache

Finally, we will start the Apache web server:

$ /usr/pkg/sbin/apachectl start

ACP Admin should now be accessible through your web browser at http://acp-admin.example.com.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered how to install ACP Admin on NetBSD. With this tool, you can now easily manage your PostgreSQL databases through a web interface.

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