How to Install DeviceHive on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install DeviceHive on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

1. A running instance of OpenBSD.
2. A user account with sudo privileges.

Installing Dependencies

1. First, update your system by running the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add -u

2. Install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add curl git gcc make postgresql-server postgresql-client openjdk unzip

Setting up PostgreSQL

1. Enable PostgreSQL by running the following command:

$ sudo rcctl enable postgresql

2. Initialize the PostgreSQL database with the following command:

$ sudo su _postgresql
$ initdb -D /var/postgresql/data

3. Start the PostgreSQL server with the following command:

$ doas rcctl start postgresql

4. Create a user and database for DeviceHive:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ createuser -P devicehive
$ createdb -O devicehive devicehive

Installing DeviceHive

1. Change directory to the /tmp folder:

cd /tmp

2. Download the latest version of DeviceHive from GitHub:

$ curl -LOk https://github.com/devicehive/devicehive-java-server/archive/refs/tags/v4.10.zip

3. Unzip the downloaded file:

$ unzip v4.10.zip

4. Change directory to the extracted folder:

$ cd devicehive-java-server-4.10

5. Build the DeviceHive application:

$ sudo ./build.sh

6. Install the DeviceHive application:

$ sudo ./dist/install.sh

Starting DeviceHive

1. Start the DeviceHive server:

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/devicehive start

Congratulations! You have now installed DeviceHive on OpenBSD. You can now access the DeviceHive web interface by visiting http://<your-server-ip-address>:8080/dh/ui/#/devices.

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