Installing myTinyTodo on NetBSD

myTinyTodo is a web-based lightweight todo list manager. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install myTinyTodo on NetBSD.

Step 1: Install LAMP stack

Before starting the installation process of myTinyTodo, we need to install the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) on NetBSD. To do so, we have to follow the below steps:

1. Install Apache Web Server:

   $ sudo pkgin install apache
   

2. Install MySQL database server:

   $ sudo pkgin install mysql-server
   

3. Start MySQL server:

   $ sudo /etc/rc.d/mysql start
   

4. Install PHP and required extensions:

   $ sudo pkgin install php74 php74-mysqli php74-pdo_mysql php74-mbstring
   

5. Start Apache webserver:

   $ sudo /etc/rc.d/apache start
   

Step 2: Download myTinyTodo

Now that we have the LAMP stack installed, we can download myTinyTodo from the official website.

1. Download the latest version of myTinyTodo:

   $ wget https://www.mytinytodo.net/dl.php/latest.zip
   

2. Unzip the downloaded file:

   $ unzip latest.zip
   

3. Move the unzipped folder to Apache web root directory:

   $ sudo mv mytinytodo /var/www/htdocs/
   

Step 3: Configure myTinyTodo

After downloading myTinyTodo, we need to configure it to work with our LAMP stack.

1. Create a MySQL database and user for myTinyTodo:

   $ mysql -u root -p
   Enter password:
   mysql> create database mytinytodo;
   mysql> create user 'mytinytodo'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
   mysql> grant all on mytinytodo.* to 'mytinytodo'@'localhost';
   mysql> exit;
   

2. Rename the config_sample.inc.php configuration file to config.inc.php:

   $ cd /var/www/htdocs/mytinytodo
   $ mv config_sample.inc.php config.inc.php
   

3. Edit the config.inc.php file to set the database parameters:

   define('MYTINYTODO_DB_DRIVER', 'mysqli');
   define('MYTINYTODO_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
   define('MYTINYTODO_DB_PORT', '');
   define('MYTINYTODO_DB_DBNAME', 'mytinytodo');
   define('MYTINYTODO_DB_USERNAME', 'mytinytodo');
   define('MYTINYTODO_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
   

Step 4: Access myTinyTodo

Now that we have completed the installation and configuration of myTinyTodo, we can access it through a web browser.

1. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/mytinytodo

2. Login using the default credentials:

   • Username: admin
   • Password: password

3. Upon successfully logging in, you can start using myTinyTodo.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed myTinyTodo on NetBSD.

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