Fusion Directory is a web-based interface for managing directory services. OpenBSD is known for its security features and easy-to-use package manager, and hence, it makes sense to use it to deploy Fusion Directory.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Fusion Directory on OpenBSD.
The following prerequisites are required to complete the tutorial:
Before installing Fusion Directory, we need to install some required packages, including the Apache web server, the PHP scripting language, and the OpenLDAP server.
To install the packages, run the following command as root:
pkg_add apache php ldap
The Fusion Directory package is not available in the OpenBSD package repository, but we can download it from the Fusion Directory website. In this tutorial, we will download and install the stable version of Fusion Directory.
To download the package, use the following command:
ftp https://github.com/fusiondirectory/fusiondirectory/releases/download/1.4.2/fusiondirectory-1.4.2.tar.gz
This will download the package to the current working directory.
Extract the package using the following command:
tar xzf fusiondirectory-1.4.2.tar.gz
We need to install the Fusion Directory package to the Apache document root directory, which is "/var/www/htdocs/" on OpenBSD. We will use the following command to install the package:
cd fusiondirectory-1.4.2 && ./setup configure && ./setup install
This command will install the package to the Apache document root directory.
After installing Fusion Directory, we need to configure the Apache web server to serve the Fusion Directory web interface.
Open the Apache configuration file "/etc/apache/httpd.conf" and add the following lines at the end of the file:
Alias /fusiondirectory /var/www/htdocs/fusiondirectory/html
<Directory /var/www/htdocs/fusiondirectory/html>
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save the file and restart the Apache server using the following command:
apachectl restart
By default, OpenBSD blocks external access to the Apache web server. We need to open port 80, the default HTTP port, to allow external access to the Fusion Directory web interface.
To open port 80, create a new file "/etc/pf.conf" and add the following lines to it:
pass in on egress proto tcp from any to any port 80
Save the file and apply the new rule using the following command:
pfctl -f /etc/pf.conf
Now, external clients can access the Fusion Directory web interface using the OpenBSD server's IP address.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Fusion Directory on OpenBSD. We also configured Apache to serve the Fusion Directory web interface and opened port 80 in the firewall to allow external access. Explore the Fusion Directory documentation to learn more about its features and how to use them.
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