How to Install ZenTao on OpenBSD

ZenTao is an open-source project management and collaboration software designed to assist businesses and organizations in achieving their project goals. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of ZenTao on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, it is essential to ensure that these prerequisites are met:

• A server running OpenBSD
• A non-root user with sudo privileges
• Apache and PHP installed and enabled
• MySQL or MariaDB installed and configured

Step 1: Download and Extract ZenTao

In this step, we will download ZenTao from the official website and extract it.

1. Open your favorite browser and navigate to https://www.zentao.pm/
2. Click on the "Download" button, and a pop-up window will appear.
3. Choose the version of ZenTao that is suitable for your OpenBSD system and click on the "Download" button.
4. Once the download is complete, open your terminal and go to the download directory using the following command:

cd ~/Downloads

5. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -zxvf zentao*.tar.gz

6. Move the extracted directory to the web document root directory, as follows:

sudo mv zentao /var/www/htdocs/

Step 2: Create a Database

In this step, we will create a MySQL or MariaDB database that ZenTao will use.

1. Open your terminal and log in to the MySQL shell using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

2. Enter the MySQL root user password when prompted, then create a new database for ZenTao using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE zentao_db;

3. Create a new user account and grant it privileges to the ZenTao database using the following command:

CREATE USER 'zentao_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zentao_db.* TO 'zentao_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

4. Exit the MySQL shell using the following command:

exit

Step 3: Configure ZenTao

In this step, we will configure ZenTao to use the database we created in the previous step.

1. Go to the web document root directory where you moved the ZenTao directory in Step 1:

cd /var/www/htdocs/zentao/

2. Rename the configuration file config/my.php.sample to config/my.php using the following command:

mv config/my.php.sample config/my.php

3. Edit the config/my.php file using the following command:

sudo nano config/my.php

4. Edit the database configuration settings as follows:

$db = [
    'host'     => 'localhost',
    'port'     => '',
    'dbname'   => 'zentao_db',
    'user'     => 'zentao_user',
    'password' => 'password',
    'charset'  => 'utf8',
];

5. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Configure Apache

In this step, we will create a virtual host for ZenTao.

1. Open the Apache httpd.conf file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd.conf

2. Add the following lines of code to the end of the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs/zentao/www/"
    ServerName example.com
</VirtualHost>

3. Save and close the file.

Step 5: Start Apache and Test ZenTao

In this step, we will start the Apache web server and test our installation of ZenTao.

1. Start the Apache web server using the following command:

sudo apachectl start

2. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://example.com, where example.com is the domain name or IP address of your OpenBSD server.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
4. After installation, you can access the ZenTao login page by going to http://example.com/user-login.html.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed ZenTao on OpenBSD. You can now start managing your projects with this powerful and comprehensive software.

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