How to Install Tuleap on OpenBSD

Tuleap is a project management system that allows teams to collaborate on software development projects. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tuleap on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we can install Tuleap, we must first install several dependencies. Open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo pkg_add apache2 php php-xmlrpc php-intl php-gd php-mbstring php-mysql php-pdo_mysql mysql-server

This command will install Apache web server, MySQL server, and all necessary PHP packages required to run Tuleap.

Step 2: Download Tuleap

Next, we will download the latest version of Tuleap from the official website. Open your terminal and run this command:

wget https://www.tuleap.org/plugins/document/serving/download.php?doc_id=4777\&version=1\&filename=tuleap-11.6.99.63.tar.gz\&nodownload=1

This command will download the latest version of Tuleap as a compressed archive.

Step 3: Install Tuleap

After downloading Tuleap, we can now proceed to install it. Run the following commands in order to extract the compressed archive, move it to the desired directory and install it:

sudo tar xvf tuleap-11.6.99.63.tar.gz
sudo mv tuleap-11.6.99.63 /var/www/htdocs/tuleap
sudo chown -R www:www /var/www/htdocs/tuleap
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/htdocs/tuleap

The first command will extract the archive, while the second command will relocate the extracted folder to /var/www/htdocs/tuleap. The final two commands ensure that the web server has appropriate permissions to read and write to the new Tuleap directory.

Step 4: Configure Tuleap

Next, we need to configure Tuleap to work with our database. Run the following to initialize the database:

mysql_install_db --user=_mysql

Then run this command to start the MySQL server:

rcctl start mysqld

After initializing the database and starting the MySQL server, you can create a database and a user for Tuleap to use. Here is an example command:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE tuleap;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tuleap.* TO 'tuleapuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

This command creates a new database called tuleap and grants appropriate privileges to the tuleapuser user with a password of password. You can replace these values with your own values as needed.

Finally, we need to configure Tuleap to use the database. To do this, open the config.inc.php file in your Tuleap installation directory and set the database connection settings. Here is an example configuration:

$tuleap_db_type = 'MySQL';
$sys_db_user = 'tuleapuser';
$sys_db_pass = 'password';
$sys_db_name = 'tuleap';
$sys_db_host = 'localhost';
$sys_db_port = '';

Again, replace the tuleapuser and password values with your own values.

Step 5: Start Apache

Finally, we need to start the Apache web server to serve Tuleap. Run this command to start it:

rcctl start httpd

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tuleap on OpenBSD. You can now access the Tuleap web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/tuleap. From there, you can create projects, manage users, and collaborate with your team on software development projects.

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