How to Install Movim on OpenBSD

Movim is a modern, decentralized social network that allows you to share your thoughts, photos, and videos with your friends and family. OpenBSD is a secure and reliable operating system that can be used to host Movim. In this tutorial, we will guide you step by step on how to install Movim on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• A server running OpenBSD
• Root privileges on the server
• Basic knowledge of OpenBSD commands and file structures

Step 1: Install Required Packages

The first step is to install the required packages for Movim to work. Open the terminal and run the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add -v nginx php-fpm php-curl php-mbstring php-gd php-pgsql php-pdo_pgsql postgresql-server

Step 2: Configure PostgreSQL

Now that we have installed the necessary packages, let's configure PostgreSQL to work with Movim. Open the PostgreSQL configuration file by running the following command:

$ sudo vi /var/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf

Now, find the following line in the file and uncomment it.

#listen_addresses = 'localhost'    

Change it to:

listen_addresses = 'localhost'

Save and exit the file. Next, we need to create a database for Movim. Run the following command:

$ sudo su - _postgresql
$ createdb -O postgres -E UTF8 movim

After creating the database, set a password for the postgres user by running the following command:

$ passwd postgres

Step 3: Install Movim

Now, we are ready to install Movim. Download the latest version of Movim by running the following command:

$ cd /var/www
$ sudo wget https://github.com/movim/movim/archive/master.zip
$ sudo unzip master.zip
$ sudo mv movim-master movim

Next, create a new user for Movim by running the following command:

$ sudo adduser -g www -s /sbin/nologin -d /var/www/movim movim

Set the permissions for the Movim directory as follows:

$ sudo chown -R movim:www /var/www/movim
$ sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/movim

Step 4: Configure Nginx

To make Movim accessible from the internet, we need to configure Nginx.

Create a new configuration file by running the following command:

$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

user www;      
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}

http {                                   
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type application/octet-stream;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;

    sendfile on;                                                                                                                                                      
    keepalive_timeout 65;

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name example.com; // replace with your own domain name
        root /var/www/movim;
        index index.php;

        location / {
            try_files $uri /index.php?$query_string;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
            try_files $uri /index.php?$query_string;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
            fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
            include fastcgi_params; 
        }
    }
}

Save and exit the file.

Next, create a symlink of php.ini file as follows:

$ ln -s /etc/php-7.3.ini /etc/php.ini

Finally, start the Nginx and PHP-FPM services by running the following commands:

$ sudo rcctl enable nginx
$ sudo rcctl enable php73_fpm
$ sudo rcctl start nginx
$ sudo rcctl start php73_fpm

Step 5: Configure Movim

The final step is to configure Movim to connect with the PostgreSQL database we created earlier. To do this, we need to modify the configuration file. Run the following command:

$ sudo vi /var/www/movim/src/Local/Settings.php

Update the configuration file as follows:

$cfg['debug'] = false;
$cfg['theme'] = 'default';
$cfg['default_language'] = 'en';
$config->main->domain = 'example.com'; // replace with your own domain name
$config->main->base_url = ''; // It should be empty if you want to serve movim from root
$conf->connectDB('pgsql:dbname=movim;host=localhost', 'postgres', 'password');

Save and exit the file.

Step 6: Access Movim

Your Movim installation is now complete! To access your Movim instance, open a web browser and type in your server's domain name or IP address. Congratulations, you have successfully installed Movim on OpenBSD.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Movim on OpenBSD. We walked you through the installation process step by step and explained how to configure Movim, PostgreSQL, and Nginx. Once you have installed Movim, you can start using it to share your thoughts, photos, and videos with your friends and family.

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