MapBBCodeShare is an open source tool developed by MapBBCode that allows users to create and share maps on their website by adding simple BBCode tags. To install MapBBCodeShare on OpenBSD, follow the steps below.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:
First, clone the MapBBCodeShare repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/MapBBCode/share.mapbbcode.org.git
Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the htdocs folder within the repository directory:
cd share.mapbbcode.org/htdocs
Copy the entire htdocs folder to your Apache web server document root directory. For example, if your Apache document root is /var/www/htdocs, use the following command:
cp -R * /var/www/htdocs
Next, create a new configuration file for MapBBCodeShare in the Apache conf.d directory:
touch /etc/apache24/conf.d/mapbbcodeshare.conf
Open the mapbbcodeshare.conf file in your preferred text editor and paste the following configuration:
Alias /mapbbcode /var/www/htdocs
<Directory /var/www/htdocs>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
This will create an alias mapbbcode that points to the htdocs folder, and allow .htaccess files to override Apache configuration settings.
Save and close the file, and then restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
rcctl restart httpd
Congratulations! MapBBCodeShare is now installed on your OpenBSD server, and you can start creating and sharing maps on your website.
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