Directus is an open-source tool that allows you to manage the content of your databases easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Directus on OpenBSD.
You should have the following prerequisites before installing Directus:
OpenBSD uses “pkg_add” command to install packages. To install the required packages for Directus, use the following command:
sudo pkg_add composer php php-json php-intl php-pdo_mysql git
We can clone the Directus repository from https://github.com/directus/directus using git command. To clone the repository, use the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/directus/directus.git /var/www/directus
To install Directus dependencies, navigate to the Directus installation directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/directus
Next, run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo composer install
After installing the dependencies, we need to configure our web server. In this tutorial, we will use httpd as our web server.
First, create a new configuration file for Directus:
sudo touch /etc/httpd/conf/modules.d/directus.conf
Then, edit the configuration file and add the following lines:
Alias /directus /var/www/directus/public
<Directory /var/www/directus/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
After this, restart the httpd service using the following command:
sudo rcctl restart httpd
To initialize Directus, navigate to the Directus installation directory:
cd /var/www/directus
Run the following command to initialize Directus:
sudo php bin/directus install --email admin@example.com --password admin
Note: Change the email and password to your own.
After installation, the command will generate an API token. Please save it as you will need it to interact with the Directus API.
Now that you have successfully installed Directus on OpenBSD, you can start managing the content of your databases. You can access Directus on your web browser by navigating to http://your-ip-address/directus.
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