Open Source POS is an open-source Point of Sale (POS) software that allows small businesses to manage their inventory and transactions more efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Open Source POS on OpenBSD.
Before we begin, ensure that your OpenBSD system is up to date, with the latest package updates and system upgrades. You will also need to have the following packages installed:
Clone Open Source POS repository from GitHub
git clone https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos.git
This will download the latest version of the Open Source POS source code in a opensourcepos directory.
Copy the opensourcepos directory to your Apache web root directory.
cp -r opensourcepos /var/www/htdocs/
This will copy the opensourcepos directory to the Apache web root directory /var/www/htdocs/.
Create a new MySQL database and user for Open Source POS
mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE opensourcepos;
> CREATE USER 'ossuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'osspassword';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opensourcepos.* TO 'ossuser'@'localhost';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;
This will create a new MySQL database called opensourcepos, a new MySQL user called ossuser, and grant all privileges to the ossuser on the opensourcepos database.
Configure the Open Source POS database settings
cd /var/www/htdocs/opensourcepos/application/config
cp database.php.example database.php
vim database.php
Edit the database configuration file according to your MySQL database settings, as shown below:
$db['default'] = array(
'dsn' => '',
'hostname' => 'localhost',
'username' => 'ossuser',
'password' => 'osspassword',
'database' => 'opensourcepos',
'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
'dbprefix' => '',
'pconnect' => FALSE,
'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
'cache_on' => FALSE,
'cachedir' => '',
'char_set' => 'utf8',
'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
'swap_pre' => '',
'encrypt' => FALSE,
'compress' => FALSE,
'stricton' => FALSE,
'failover' => array(),
'save_queries' => TRUE
);
Secure the Open Source POS installation by setting file permissions
cd /var/www/htdocs/opensourcepos
chmod -R 755 .
chmod -R 777 ./uploads ./assets/mpdf/tmp ./featured/
This will set the necessary file permissions for the Open Source POS installation.
Test the Open Source POS installation
Open a browser and go to http://your-server-address/opensourcepos. You should see the Open Source POS login screen.
Log in with the default username admin and password pointofsale.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Open Source POS on OpenBSD. You can now start using Open Source POS to manage your inventory and transactions.
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