How to Install Group Office on NetBSD

Group Office is an open-source groupware application that allows groups of people to collaborate on projects, share files, manage tasks, and more. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Group Office on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to make sure your NetBSD system meets the following requirements:

• NetBSD 8.1 or later
• Web server (e.g., Apache, nginx, or lighttpd)
• PHP 7.2 or later
• MySQL or MariaDB database

Step 1: Download Group Office

Visit the official Group Office website and download the latest version of the software. You can download either the Community or Professional edition of the software.

wget https://groupoffice.com/download/latest/community

Step 2: Extract Group Office

Next, extract the downloaded archive to the document root of your web server.

tar -xzf community -C /var/www

Step 3: Set File Permissions

Now, set the ownership and permissions of the extracted files.

chown -R www:www /var/www/community
chmod -R 755 /var/www/community

Step 4: Create MySQL Database

Before installing Group Office, you need to create a MySQL database for it. You can create the database using the following command.

mysql -u root -p

Once you are logged in, create a new database and user for Group Office using the following commands.

CREATE DATABASE groupoffice;
CREATE USER 'groupoffice'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON groupoffice.* TO 'groupoffice'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Note: Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 5: Install Group Office

Navigate to the installation URL of Group Office in your web browser (e.g., http://yourdomain.com/community/setup) to begin the installation process.

Follow the on-screen instructions and enter the database details you created in Step 4.

You will also need to enter your license key if you are using the Professional edition of the software.

Step 6: Configure Web Server

Finally, you need to configure your web server to serve the Group Office installation. You can do this by creating a virtual host for Group Office or by creating a symbolic link from the web server's document root to the Group Office installation directory.

Apache

Create a virtual host configuration file for Group Office.

nano /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf.d/groupoffice.conf

Add the following configuration to the file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/community

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

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/groupoffice_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/groupoffice_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file. Then, restart Apache.

service httpd restart

Nginx

Create a virtual host configuration file for Group Office.

nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/groupoffice.conf

Add the following configuration to the file.

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  yourdomain.com;
    root         /var/www/community;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    error_log /var/log/nginx/groupoffice_error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/groupoffice_access.log;
}

Save and close the file. Then, restart Nginx.

service nginx restart

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Group Office on NetBSD. You can now login to the application and start using it.

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