How to Install Kimai on OpenBSD

Kimai is an open source time-tracking software for managing time-records and jobs/tasks. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Kimai on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, you should have:

• A running instance of OpenBSD
• An SSH client to access OpenBSD console with root privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Kimai requires PHP and a web server (preferably Apache) to run. We need to install the required packages before installing Kimai.

$ doas pkg_add apache
$ doas pkg_add php php-pdo php-mbstring php-zip

Step 2: Install MariaDB

Kimai requires a database. We will be using MariaDB for our purpose. Install it using the following command:

$ doas pkg_add mariadb-server
$ doas rcctl enable mysqld
$ doas rcctl start mysqld

Next, we will create a database and a user for Kimai to access the database.

$ mysql_secure_installation
# Follow the instructions to set a password for the database root user

$ mysql -u root -p

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE kimai_db;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON kimai_db.* TO 'kimai_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;

Step 3: Download and Install Kimai

Now, we will download the latest Kimai release and extract it to the Apache document root directory.

$ doas ftp https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2/releases/download/1.11.5/kimai-2_1.11.5.zip
$ doas unzip kimai-2_1.11.5.zip -d /var/www/htdocs

Step 4: Configure Apache

We need to configure Apache to serve Kimai. Create a new configuration file /etc/httpd/conf.d/kimai.conf and add the following code.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.tld
    DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/kimai/public
    <Directory /var/www/htdocs/kimai/public>
        AllowOverride None
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteBase /public
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace your-domain.tld with your domain name or IP address.

Restart the Apache service to apply the changes.

$ doas rcctl restart httpd

Step 5: Configure Kimai

Open your web browser and visit http://your-domain.tld/setup to start the Kimai setup wizard.

Follow the instructions and enter the database details that we have created earlier.

Upon successful installation, you can log in to Kimai using the credentials you have set during the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kimai on your OpenBSD machine.

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