How to Install Fusio on OpenBSD

Fusio is an open-source API management platform that offers an intuitive development environment for building and deploying APIs. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Fusio on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have the following:

• A server running OpenBSD
• SSH access to your server
• Basic knowledge of command-line interface and package installation process

Step 1: Update System Packages

Before we start installing Fusio, it's good practice to first update the existing packages on the server. You can do this by running the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add -u

This command will update all the installed packages in your OpenBSD system.

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Fusio requires some packages to be installed before we can proceed with the installation. To install these packages, run the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add php php-curl php-pdo php-pdo_mysql composer unzip

This command will install the required packages alongside their dependencies.

Step 3: Download and Install Fusio

After installing the required packages, let’s download and install Fusio via the command line:

$ composer create-project fusio/fusio fusio-project

The command above will download and install Fusio in your current directory.

Step 4: Configure PHP

OpenBSD uses PHP 7.4. To ensure the correct version of PHP is used and required extensions are loaded, create a configuration file /etc/php-fpm.conf.local with the following contents:

extension=pdo_mysql
extension=curl

Next, restart PHP-FPM:

$ doas rcctl restart php74_fpm

Step 5: Configure Web Server

Now that we have installed Fusio and configured PHP, we need to configure the web server to serve it correctly. OpenBSD uses the httpd web server.

To configure the httpd web server, open /etc/httpd.conf and uncomment the following lines:

# ServerRoot "/etc/httpd"
# Listen on all network interfaces
# Listen 0.0.0.0:80
# Listen 0.0.0.0:443
# Include /etc/httpd/modules/*.conf

Next, add the following lines to the end of the file to create a virtual host for Fusio:

server "fusio" {
    listen on * port 80
    root "/var/www/fusio-project/public"

    location "/public/*" {
        fastcgi socket "/run/php74_fpm.sock"
    }

    directory index "index.php"
    index index.php
}

Finally, restart the httpd service:

$ doas rcctl restart httpd

Step 6: Access Fusio

At this point, Fusio has been installed and is accessible via a web browser. To access Fusio, navigate to http://your_server_ip/ on your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown how to install Fusio on OpenBSD. After completing the installation and configuration process, you should be able to access Fusio and use its API management capabilities.

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