OhMyForms is an open source online form builder that lets users create forms without the need for any coding skills or programming knowledge. In this guide, we will be showing how to install OhMyForms on OpenBSD.
Before proceeding with the installation of OhMyForms on OpenBSD, make sure the following prerequisites have been met:
OpenBSD comes with a package manager called pkg_add which can be used to install software packages. To install necessary dependencies and packages for OhMyForms, run the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add php php-zip php-pdo php-mysql composer
Download the latest stable release of OhMyForms from their official website or from their Github repository. To download the latest version using Github, run the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/ohmyform/ohmyform.git
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that manages dependencies required by OhMyForms. To install the dependencies for OhMyForms, navigate to the OhMyForms directory and run the following command:
$ composer install
Create a database using MariaDB or MySQL with a user who has the necessary privileges to access the database. Then, modify the .env file in the OhMyForms directory to include the database credentials:
DB_DATABASE=ohmyforms
DB_USERNAME=user
DB_PASSWORD=password
Configure Apache or Nginx to point to the OhMyForms public directory. For Apache, create a new virtual host file:
$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ohmyforms.conf
Add the following content to the file:
Listen 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "/path/to/ohmyform/public"
ServerName your.domain.com
<Directory "/path/to/ohmyform/public">
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Then, restart Apache to apply the changes:
$ sudo systemctl restart httpd
For Nginx, create a new server block file:
$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/ohmyform.conf
Add the following content to the file:
server {
listen 8080;
server_name your.domain.com;
root /path/to/ohmyform/public;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Save and close the file. Then, restart Nginx to apply the changes:
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx
Navigate to the OhMyForms directory and run the following command to start the application:
$ php artisan serve
Access OhMyForms from the web browser using the server IP address or domain name followed by ":8000". For example:
http://your.domain.com:8000
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OhMyForms on OpenBSD. You can now start creating forms using OhMyForms.
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