How to Install PHP Censor on OpenBSD

PHP Censor is an open-source continuous integration tool that allows developers to automate their testing and deployment process. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing PHP Censor on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following:

• A running instance of OpenBSD.
• Root access.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install PHP Censor on OpenBSD, we need to install the following dependencies:

• Apache web server
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• MySQL or MariaDB

To install them, enter the following commands:

$ doas pkg_add apache php php-mysql php-curl php-openssl mysql-server-5.7

This will install Apache web server, PHP, and MySQL or MariaDB.

Step 2: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP projects. We need to install it to install PHP Censor.

To install Composer, enter the following commands:

$ cd /tmp
$ doas pkg_add php-curl
$ php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
$ php composer-setup.php
$ doas mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Verify the installation by running composer -V.

Step 3: Clone PHP Censor

Clone the PHP Censor repository to your web root folder. In our case, we will be cloning it to /var/www/html.

$ cd /var/www/html
$ git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git

Step 4: Install Dependencies for PHP Censor

To install the dependencies for PHP Censor, change the directory to php-censor and run the following command:

$ cd php-censor
$ composer install --no-dev

This will download and install all the dependencies required by PHP Censor.

Step 5: Create the Database

Create a new database and user for PHP Censor. You can do this using the following commands:

$ doas mysql -u root
mysql> CREATE DATABASE phpcensor;
mysql> CREATE USER 'phpcensor'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpcensor.* TO 'phpcensor'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit

Replace password with your desired password.

Step 6: Configure PHP Censor

Copy the sample configuration file config.yml.dist to config.yml.

$ cp config.yml.dist config.yml

Open config.yml and edit the database settings:

db:
  driver: pdo_mysql
  host: localhost
  port: 3306
  username: phpcensor
  password: password
  database: phpcensor
  table_prefix: phpci_

Make sure you replace password with your desired password.

Step 7: Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file for PHP Censor. You can do this with the following command:

$ doas nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpcensor.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName YOUR_DOMAIN_OR_IP_ADDRESS
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/php-censor/public
    <Directory /var/www/html/php-censor/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace YOUR_DOMAIN_OR_IP_ADDRESS with your domain name or IP address.

Step 8: Start Apache and MySQL

Start Apache and MySQL:

$ doas rcctl start httpd
$ doas rcctl start mysql

Step 9: Access PHP Censor

Open your browser and go to http://YOUR_DOMAIN_OR_IP_ADDRESS. You should now see the PHP Censor login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install PHP Censor on OpenBSD. You can now start using it to automate your testing and deployment process.

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