Galette is a free and open-source membership management software designed for different types of associations. It is written in PHP and requires a web server with PHP support. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Galette on OpenBSD.
Before starting, make sure you have the following requirements:
Follow the below steps to install and configure Galette on OpenBSD:
First, you need to install some required packages for PHP and the web server. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pkg_add php php-curl php-mysql php-pdo_mysql php-mbstring php-gd mysql-server nginx
Next, you need to configure the MySQL database that will be used by Galette.
Start the MySQL server and enable it at system startup with the following commands:
sudo rcctl start mysqld
sudo rcctl enable mysqld
Then, you need to create a new database for Galette by running the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE galette;
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON galette.* TO 'galette'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT
Make sure to replace 'your_password' with a strong password.
Next, you need to download the latest version of Galette by running the following command:
sudo wget https://download.galette.eu/galette-0.9.4.3.tar.gz
Then, extract the Galette archive by running the following command:
sudo tar -zxvf galette-0.9.4.3.tar.gz -C /var/www/
This will extract the Galette files to the /var/www/galette/ directory.
Next, you need to configure Nginx to serve the Galette files.
Create a new Nginx virtual host configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/galette
Add the following Nginx configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
root /var/www/galette/;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location ~ /\. {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Then, create a symbolic link for the configuration file in the sites-enabled directory by running the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/galette /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, test the Nginx configuration and restart the server by running the following commands:
sudo nginx -t
sudo rcctl restart nginx
Now, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/ to start the Galette installation process.
Follow the prompts and enter the database credentials you set up in Step 2.
On the last step, make sure to change the default administrator password to a strong one.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Galette administration panel by visiting http://localhost/galette/admin/ and using the administrator credentials you set up during the installation.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Galette on OpenBSD. Now you can start managing your association's members with this powerful and free software.
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