SilverStripe is an open-source web framework written in PHP that is used for building websites and web applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps required to install SilverStripe on an OpenBSD server.
Before we begin, you should have the following:
sudo privilegesComposer is a PHP dependency management tool that is required by SilverStripe. To install Composer on OpenBSD, run the following commands:
$ sudo su -
# pkg_add composer
This installs the latest version of Composer from the official OpenBSD repository.
You can download the latest version of SilverStripe from the official website. Alternatively, you can use curl to download and extract the latest version of SilverStripe.
$ cd /var/www/
$ sudo curl -O https://www.silverstripe.org/assets/releases/SilverStripe-v5.5.1.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -xzf SilverStripe-v5.5.1.tar.gz
$ sudo chown -R www:www /var/www/SilverStripe-v5.5.1
This downloads the latest version of SilverStripe to /var/www/ and extracts it. It then sets the ownership of the directory to the www user, which is the user that OpenBSD uses to run its web server.
Next, we need to install the dependencies required by SilverStripe. Navigate into the SilverStripe directory and run composer install.
$ cd /var/www/SilverStripe-v5.5.1
$ sudo composer install
This will install all the required PHP packages and dependencies for SilverStripe.
OpenBSD includes a web server called httpd. We will need to configure it to serve our SilverStripe website.
Navigate to the httpd.conf file by typing the following command:
$ sudo vi /etc/httpd.conf
Add the following lines to the end of the httpd.conf file:
server "example.com" {
listen on * port 80
root "/var/www/SilverStripe-v5.5.1/public"
directory auto index
fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm.sock"
}
Replace example.com with your domain name, and make sure to change the path to the SilverStripe directory if you installed it in a different location.
Save and exit the file by typing :wq.
Restart the httpd service by typing:
$ sudo /etc/rc.d/httpd restart
Navigate to your website's URL in your web browser, e.g. http://example.com. The SilverStripe installation wizard should appear.
Follow the steps in the installation wizard to set up your website, including creating an admin account and configuring the database.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SilverStripe on OpenBSD.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SilverStripe on OpenBSD. We covered the installation of Composer, downloading SilverStripe, installing dependencies, configuring the web server, and running the SilverStripe installation wizard. With this knowledge, you can now start building your own websites and web applications using SilverStripe.
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