How to Install FoodCoopShop on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install FoodCoopShop on NetBSD using the command line interface. FoodCoopShop is a free and open-source web application that provides tools for managing food cooperatives.

Prerequisites

• NetBSD installed on a computer or virtual machine
• Internet connection

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Open the terminal on NetBSD and install the required packages using the package manager by typing the following command:

$ pkg_add php php-json php-pdo php-pdo_mysql php-mbstring php-tokenizer mariadb mariadb-client apache-httpd

This command will install PHP, MariaDB, Apache, and other dependencies required to run FoodCoopShop on NetBSD.

Step 2: Download FoodCoopShop

Download FoodCoopShop from the official website by typing the following command:

$ fetch https://github.com/foodcoopshop/foodcoopshop/archive/refs/tags/v3.7.0.tar.gz

Replace v3.7.0 with the latest available version.

Extract the downloaded file by typing:

$ tar -zxvf v3.7.0.tar.gz

Step 3: Configure MariaDB

Create a new database for FoodCoopShop and grant user permissions. For this tutorial, we will create a database named foodcoopshopdb, a user named foodcoopshopuser, and set the password to password123.

To create the database, log in to MariaDB with root privileges and run the following commands:

$ mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE foodcoopshopdb;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'foodcoopshopuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password123';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON foodcoopshopdb.* TO 'foodcoopshopuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit

Step 4: Configure Apache

Create a virtual host configuration file for FoodCoopShop by typing the following command:

$ sudo nano /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/foodcoopshop.conf

Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/foodcoopshop"
    ServerName foodcoopshop.com

    <Directory "/var/www/foodcoopshop">
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/foodcoopshop-error.log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/foodcoopshop-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

Save and exit the file.

Enable the new virtual host configuration by running the following command:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/foodcoopshop.conf /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/conf-enabled/

Restart Apache to apply the changes by typing the following command:

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/apache restart

Step 5: Install FoodCoopShop

Move the extracted FoodCoopShop files to the /var/www/ directory by typing the following command:

$ sudo mv foodcoopshop-3.7.0 /var/www/foodcoopshop

Change the ownership of the files to the webserver user by typing:

$ sudo chown www:www -R /var/www/foodcoopshop

Step 6: Configure FoodCoopShop

Copy the app/Config/database.php.default file to app/Config/database.php:

$ cd /var/www/foodcoopshop
$ cp app/Config/database.php.default app/Config/database.php

Edit the database configuration file and enter the database details that you set up earlier:

$ sudo nano app/Config/database.php

Find the following lines:

'default' => array(
    'datasource' => 'Database/Mysql',
    'persistent' => false,
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'login' => '',
    'password' => '',
    'database' => '',
    'prefix' => '',
    //'encoding' => 'utf8mb4',
),

Replace the values of login, password, and database with the database details you created earlier:

'default' => array(
    'datasource' => 'Database/Mysql',
    'persistent' => false,
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'login' => 'foodcoopshopuser',
    'password' => 'password123',
    'database' => 'foodcoopshopdb',
    'prefix' => '',
    //'encoding' => 'utf8mb4',
),

Save and exit the file.

Step 7: Set Up FoodCoopShop

Access FoodCoopShop by visiting http://localhost on your web browser.

The first time you access the website, you will be prompted to set up the database tables. Click the "Install" button and wait for the installation process to complete.

After the installation is complete, you can access the FoodCoopShop dashboard by logging in with the default administrator account:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin123

You should change the administrator password after logging in for the first time.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed FoodCoopShop on NetBSD. You can customize the application by editing the configuration files and creating user accounts for your food cooperative members.

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