Installing Citadel on OpenBSD

Citadel is a groupware platform that provides email, calendaring, address books, bulletin boards, mailing list services, instant messaging, wiki functionality, and more. In this tutorial, we will be installing Citadel on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing Citadel, make sure that your OpenBSD system is up-to-date and that you have root access. This tutorial assumes that the OpenBSD system you are using has a fully qualified domain name configured.

Installing Citadel

To install Citadel on OpenBSD, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window on your OpenBSD system.
2. Change to the root user by running the following command:

su -

3. Install the Citadel package by typing the following command:

pkg_add citadel

4. Set up the MySQL database by running the following command:

mysql_install_db

5. Start the MySQL service by running the following command:

mysqld_safe &

6. Set up the Citadel database by running the following command:

/usr/local/citadel-server/setup

7. Follow the prompts to set up the Citadel database. You will be asked for the MySQL root password and for the domain name of your Citadel installation.

8. After the database is set up, start the Citadel service by running the following command:

/usr/local/citadel-server/citadel

9. You can now access the Citadel web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:

https://<your domain name>:50443

10. Log in using the credentials you created during the database setup process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Citadel on OpenBSD. You can now start using the platform to manage your email, calendaring, and more.

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