If you're a system administrator or someone who manages domains and web hosting, DomainMOD is a great open-source tool that can help you manage your domain portfolios, perform WHOIS lookups, generate invoices, and more. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install DomainMOD on NetBSD, a popular, free, and open-source operating system.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to install some required packages using the pkgin package manager. Open your terminal or SSH session and run the following command:
pkgin update
pkgin install apache php php-pdo_mysql mysql-server
These commands will update your package list and install Apache, PHP, MySQL, and other required PHP modules.
Now that we have installed MySQL, we need to configure it by running the following command:
mysql_install_db
Follow the on-screen instructions to set up MySQL, including setting a root password.
Next, restart the MySQL server by running:
/etc/rc.d/mysql-server restart
After installing Apache, we need to configure it by editing the httpd.conf file. This file controls the Apache server's behavior.
Open the file using the following command:
vi /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
Find the following two lines:
#LoadModule php7_module lib/httpd/mod_php7.so
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Uncomment both of them by removing the '#' at the beginning of each line.
Save and close the file by pressing ESC, followed by ':wq'.
Start the Apache server by running:
/etc/rc.d/apache start
You can verify that Apache is running by navigating to your server's IP address on port 80 using a web browser.
Now that we have Apache and MySQL installed and configured, we can download DomainMOD by running the following command:
cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/
wget https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod/archive/v4.15.0.tar.gz
tar zxvf v4.15.0.tar.gz
mv domainmod-4.15.0 domainmod
chmod 777 /usr/pkgsrc/www/domainmod/uploads
This will download DomainMOD and extract it in the '/usr/pkgsrc/www/domainmod/' directory. The last line gives write permissions to the 'uploads' directory.
We need to create a MySQL database for DomainMOD to store its data.
Log in to your MySQL server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the password for the MySQL root user that you set in step 2.
Now, create a new database and user for DomainMOD using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE domainmod;
CREATE USER 'domainmod'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON domainmod.* TO 'domainmod'@'localhost';
Replace 'password' with a strong password for the 'domainmod' user. These commands will create a database called 'domainmod', a user called 'domainmod', and grant this user full access to the 'domainmod' database.
Exit MySQL by running 'exit'.
Now, we need to configure DomainMOD to connect to the MySQL database.
Open the config.php file:
vi /usr/pkgsrc/www/domainmod/config.php
Edit the following lines to match your MySQL server configuration:
'dbUser' => 'domainmod',
'dbPassword' => 'password',
'dbHost' => 'localhost',
'dbName' => 'domainmod',
Save and close the file.
Finally, we can access DomainMOD by navigating to your server's IP address on port 80 using a web browser. You should see the DomainMOD homepage.
Enter the database credentials you set in step 5, create an admin account, and start using DomainMOD to manage your domain portfolios.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install DomainMOD on NetBSD. With DomainMOD, you can manage your domain portfolios, perform WHOIS lookups, generate invoices, and more. Feel free to explore DomainMOD's documentation for more information.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
