Framadate is a free and open-source online service for scheduling appointments, events, or making polls. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Framadate on OpenBSD.
Before proceeding to install Framadate on OpenBSD, we need to install required packages. In the terminal, run the following command to install Apache, PHP, MySQL, and other dependencies.
$ sudo pkg_add apache mysql-server php php-mysql php-mbstring php-curl
Next, we need to configure the database for Framadate. You can use either MySQL or PostgreSQL for the database. In this tutorial, we’ll use MySQL.
To configure MySQL, run the following command:
$ sudo mysql_install_db
$ sudo /etc/rc.d/mysql start
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
After securing your database, we can proceed to create a new database named ‘framadate’ and its user. Run the commands below to create a new database and grant permission to its user.
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE framadate;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON framadate.* TO 'framadateuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Modify the values in the above commands based on your preferences. Replace ‘framadateuser’ with your desired username, and ‘password’ with your preferred password.
Next, we need to download and configure Framadate. Download the latest version of Framadate from their official website or run the following command:
$ sudo wget https://framagit.org/framasoft/framadate/framadate/-/archive/XX.XX.XX/framadate-XX.XX.XX.tar.gz
Extract the compressed file and move the files to the Apache document root.
$ sudo tar -zxvf framadate-XX.XX.XX.tar.gz -C /var/www/htdocs/
$ sudo mv /var/www/htdocs/framadate-XX.XX.XX /var/www/htdocs/framadate
Now, navigate to the configuration directory of Framadate, and copy the default configuration file.
$ sudo cd /var/www/htdocs/framadate/app/inc/
$ sudo cp config.example.php config.php
Edit the ‘config.php’ file and update the database details as follows:
define('FD_DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('FD_DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'); // Your database host
define('FD_DB_PORT', 3306); // Your database port
define('FD_DB_NAME', 'framadate'); // Your database name
define('FD_DB_LOGIN', 'framadateuser'); // Your database username
define('FD_DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // Your database password
Again, modify the information based on your preferences.
Finally, we need to set the proper permissions for Framadate to access the files and folders. Run the following commands to change the ownership of the directories and files.
$ sudo chown -R www /var/www/htdocs/framadate/
$ sudo chmod 700 /var/www/htdocs/framadate/app/inc/config.php
$ sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/htdocs/framadate/app/tmp
At this point, we have completed the installation of Framadate. Restart the Apache server and navigate to the webpage on a web browser at the address: ‘http://ip-address/framadate/’ to access Framadate.
In this tutorial, we have guided you through the steps to install Framadate on OpenBSD. Now you can quickly set up an online scheduler or poll website and start collecting data from users.
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