Installing ICEcoder on OpenBSD

ICEcoder is a browser-based code editor that can be used for web development. It is easy to install and can be run on different platforms including OpenBSD. This tutorial will guide you in installing ICEcoder on your OpenBSD machine.

Prerequisites

1. OpenBSD installed on your machine.
2. Access to the internet.

Step 1: Install PHP

ICEcoder requires PHP to run. To install PHP, use the following command on your terminal:

$ sudo pkg_add php

This will download and install PHP on your system.

Step 2: Download ICEcoder

Download the latest version of ICEcoder from https://icecoder.net/. Extract the downloaded ZIP file and copy it to a directory where you want to run the application.

For this tutorial, we will be using the /var/www/htdocs directory.

Step 3: Configure ICEcoder

ICEcoder's default configuration file is config.php. To configure ICEcoder, make a copy of the config.php file by running the following commands:

$ cd /var/www/htdocs/icecoder
$ cp config.php settings.php

Now, edit the settings.php file to configure ICEcoder. You can modify different settings like the port number, password, and more.

Step 4: Run ICEcoder

To run ICEcoder, we need to start a webserver. In OpenBSD, httpd is the default web server. We will start httpd and configure it to run ICEcoder.

4.1: Start httpd

To start httpd, run the following command on your terminal:

$ sudo rcctl start httpd

4.2: Configure httpd

Next, we will configure httpd to run the ICEcoder application. Open the /etc/httpd.conf file and add the following lines at the end of the file:

server "localhost" {
    listen on * port 8080
    directory {
        index "index.php"
    }
    location "*.php" {
        fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm.sock"
    }
    location "/icecoder" {
        root "/var/www/htdocs/icecoder"
    }
}

This configuration tells httpd to listen on port 8080, use PHP via FastCGI, and serve files from the /var/www/htdocs/icecoder directory.

4.3: Restart httpd

After making changes to the httpd.conf file, restart httpd by running the following command:

$ sudo rcctl restart httpd

4.4: Open ICEcoder

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/icecoder. ICEcoder should now be running and you can start using it to edit your code.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install and setup ICEcoder on OpenBSD. We installed PHP, downloaded ICEcoder, configured it, and then started the httpd webserver to run the application. You should now be able to edit your code using ICEcoder in OpenBSD.

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