How to Install Croodle on OpenBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to successfully install Croodle, an open source scheduling and polling tool, on OpenBSD. Croodle is available on GitHub at https://github.com/jelhan/croodle.

Prerequisites

Before installing Croodle on your OpenBSD system, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A user account with sudo privileges
• A web server (such as Apache or Nginx)
• PHP installed
• Composer installed

Step 1: Clone Croodle Repository

1. Open the terminal and navigate to the folder where you want to install Croodle.
2. Run the following command to clone the Croodle repository:

git clone https://github.com/jelhan/croodle.git

Step 2: Install Croodle Dependencies

1. Navigate to the Croodle folder:

cd croodle

2. Run the following command to install Croodle dependencies using Composer:

sudo composer install

Step 3: Configure Database

1. Create a new database for Croodle:

sudo mysql -u root -p
create database croodle;
quit;

2. Open the config folder:

cd config

3. Copy the config.php-dist file to config.php:

cp config.php-dist config.php

4. Open the config.php file and edit the following lines with your database information:

'db' => [
    'dsn' => 'mysql:dbname=croodle;host=localhost',
    'username' => 'your_db_username',
    'password' => 'your_db_password',
],

Step 4: Configure Web Server

1. Copy the croodle.conf-dist file to your web server's configuration directory:

For Apache:

sudo cp croodle.conf-dist /etc/httpd/conf/croodle.conf

For Nginx:

sudo cp croodle.conf-dist /etc/nginx/conf.d/croodle.conf

2. Open the croodle.conf file and edit the following lines with your Croodle installation path:

For Apache:

DocumentRoot "/var/www/croodle"
<Directory "/var/www/croodle">

For Nginx:

root /var/www/croodle;
index index.php;
location / {

Step 5: Finalize Installation

1. Restart your web server to apply the changes:

For Apache:

sudo apachectl restart

For Nginx:

sudo service nginx restart

2. Visit http://localhost/croodle on your web browser to finish the installation.

Conclusion

You have installed Croodle on your OpenBSD system. You can now start using Croodle to schedule and organize events with your team or community. Enjoy!

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