Horde is a free, open-source web-based groupware application. It provides a suite of tools that includes email, calendar, task-list, address book, and more.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Horde on macOS.
Before installing Horde, you need to have the following installed on your macOS:
Download the latest version of Horde from https://www.horde.org/apps/horde/download.
Extract the downloaded archive to a directory on your macOS.
Open Terminal and navigate to the directory where you extracted Horde.
Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
composer install
Configure Apache web server to serve Horde.
Open the Apache httpd.conf configuration file using your favorite text editor.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file.
Alias /horde "/path/to/horde/"
<Directory "/path/to/horde/">
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Require all granted
</Directory>
Replace /path/to/horde/ with the actual path to the directory where you extracted Horde.
Save and close the httpd.conf file.
Start Apache web server.
sudo apachectl start
Create a new database and user for Horde in your MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL database server.
Open the MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL command-line interface.
Create a new database.
CREATE DATABASE horde CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Create a new user and grant it full access to the database.
CREATE USER 'hordeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON horde.* TO 'hordeuser'@'localhost';
Replace hordeuser and password with your preferred username and password.
Configure Horde.
Rename the conf.php.dist file to conf.php.
mv conf.php.dist conf.php
Open the conf.php file using your favorite text editor.
Change the following lines according to your MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL database server configuration.
$conf['sql']['phptype'] = 'mysql';
$conf['sql']['username'] = 'hordeuser';
$conf['sql']['password'] = 'password';
$conf['sql']['protocol'] = 'tcp';
$conf['sql']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';
$conf['sql']['port'] = 3306;
$conf['sql']['database'] = 'horde';
If you are using PostgreSQL, replace mysql with pgsql, and change the port number accordingly.
Save and close the conf.php file.
Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/horde/. You should see the Horde login page.
Log in with the default username admin and the password pass.
Follow the on-screen instructions to set up Horde.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Horde on your macOS.
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