OpenNote is a free, open-source application that allows users to manage their notes in a web-based environment. It is developed and maintained by FoxUSA and is available on GitHub. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing OpenNote on OpenBSD.
Before you begin, you need to ensure that the following requirements are met:
The first step is to download OpenNote from the official GitHub repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/FoxUSA/OpenNote.git /var/www/OpenNote
This will clone the OpenNote repository into the /var/www/OpenNote directory on your OpenBSD system.
Next, you need to create a MySQL/MariaDB database for OpenNote:
$ mysql -u root -p
Once you are logged into the MySQL/MariaDB console, you can create a new database and user with the following commands:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE opennote;
mysql> CREATE USER 'opennoteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opennote.* TO 'opennoteuser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
OpenNote runs as a web application, so you need to configure your web server to serve OpenNote. Here's how you can do this on Apache:
$ vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/OpenNote"
ServerName opennote.your_domain.com
<Directory "/var/www/OpenNote">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/OpenNote-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/OpenNote-access_log" combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace opennote.your_domain.com with your own domain name.
For Nginx, edit the Nginx configuration file instead:
$ vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add the following to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name opennote.your_domain.com;
root /var/www/OpenNote;
access_log /var/log/nginx/OpenNote-access_log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/OpenNote-error_log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
}
Next, you need to configure OpenNote to connect to your MySQL/MariaDB database. To do this, edit the config.php file:
$ cd /var/www/OpenNote
$ cp config.php.default config.php
$ vim config.php
Change the following lines to match your MySQL/MariaDB configuration:
define('_OK', true);
define('DBHOST', 'localhost');
define('DBUSER', 'opennoteuser');
define('DBPASS', 'password');
define('DBNAME', 'opennote');
Make sure to replace password with your actual password.
Finally, you need to run the OpenNote installation script:
$ cd /var/www/OpenNote/install
$ php install.php
Follow the prompts to complete the installation process. Once the process is complete, you should be able to access OpenNote by navigating to your domain name in a web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenNote on OpenBSD. You can now use it to manage your notes through a web-based interface.
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