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How to Install Piler on OpenBSD

Piler is an open-source email archiving software that allows users to store, archive, and search email communication data efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Piler on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• A running OpenBSD instance.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

1. Open a terminal and log in to your OpenBSD instance with the sudo user account.

2. Update the package list and install the required dependencies:

sudo pkg_add mariadb-server mariadb-client php php-gd php-pdo_mysql php-ldap php-pecl-imagick

3. Once the installation is complete, start the MariaDB server and enable it to start at system boot:

sudo rcctl enable mysqld
sudo rcctl start mysqld

Step 2: Install Piler

1. Download the latest version of Piler from the official website using the wget utility:

wget https://www.mailpiler.org/download/latest/piler-latest.tgz

2. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -xvzf piler-latest.tgz

3. Move the extracted files to the webserver directory (/var/www/htdocs/):

sudo mv piler-* /var/www/htdocs/piler/

Step 3: Configure MariaDB

1. Log in to the MariaDB server as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

2. Create a new database for Piler:

CREATE DATABASE pilerdb;

3. Create a new MariaDB user and grant all permissions to the newly created database:

CREATE USER 'pileruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pilerpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pilerdb.* TO 'pileruser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Configure Piler

1. Copy the configuration file from the archive to the conf/ directory:

sudo cp /var/www/htdocs/piler/configurations/example-config.php /var/www/htdocs/piler/conf/config.php

2. Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:

sudo vi /var/www/htdocs/piler/conf/config.php

3. Change the following settings in the configuration file:

$dbtype = "pdo_mysql";
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "pilerdb";
$dbuser = "pileruser";
$dbpass = "pilerpassword";

4. Save and close the configuration file.

5. Set appropriate permissions on the piler directory:

sudo chown -R www:www /var/www/htdocs/piler/

6. Restart the httpd server to apply the permission changes:

sudo rcctl restart httpd

Step 5: Run Piler

1. Open a web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://<your-IP-address>/piler/

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Piler.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Piler on OpenBSD. You can now start using this software to archive and search email communication data.

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