Anahita is an open source social networking platform that helps users build private social networks for their organizations. Installing Anahita on NetBSD requires a few basic steps. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Anahita on NetBSD.
Before we proceed with the installation, please ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
First, we need to download the latest version of Anahita from their official website.
You can download the latest version of Anahita by running the following command:
wget -O anahita.zip https://www.getanahita.com/download/
Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the following command:
unzip anahita.zip
Before we proceed with the installation, we need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed on our system. Run the following command to install all the required dependencies:
pkgin install apache php php-curl mysql-server
By default, Apache serves files from the /var/www/htdocs directory. We need to configure Apache to serve Anahita from a different directory. We will create a new virtual host configuration for Anahita.
Create a new virtual host configuration file with the following command:
vi /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-anahita.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/path/to/anahita"
ServerName example.com
<Directory "/path/to/anahita">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace /path/to/anahita with the path to the directory where you extracted Anahita, and example.com with your domain name.
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the new configuration by running the following command:
echo 'Include /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-anahita.conf' >> /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
Restart Apache with the following command:
rcctl restart httpd
Anahita requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. We will create a new database for Anahita using the MySQL command line tool.
Log in to MySQL with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
When prompted, enter the MySQL root password.
Next, create a new database for Anahita. Replace anahita_db with your desired database name:
CREATE DATABASE anahita_db;
Create a new MySQL user and grant it privileges over the new database. Replace anahita_user and password with your desired username and password.
CREATE USER 'anahita_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `anahita_db`.* TO 'anahita_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL shell by running the following command:
exit
Copy the extracted Anahita files to the directory that we specified in the virtual host configuration file.
cp -R anahita/* /path/to/anahita
Next, navigate to the Anahita installation directory and run the installation script:
cd /path/to/anahita
php anahita-cli.php installation:install
Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation process. When prompted, enter the database details that we created in the previous step.
Once the installation is complete, you can access your Anahita site by visiting your domain name in a web browser.
In this tutorial, we've shown you how to install Anahita on NetBSD. We installed the required dependencies, configured Apache to serve Anahita from a different directory, created a MySQL database and user, and installed Anahita. You can now use Anahita to create a private social network for your organization.
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