How to Install FoodCoopShop on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install FoodCoopShop on FreeBSD Latest. FoodCoopShop is an open-source web application for managing food cooperatives.

Please follow the steps below to install FoodCoopShop:

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

• A FreeBSD Latest instance with root access
• Apache web server installed and configured
• PHP 7.2 or higher installed and configured
• MySQL 5.7 or higher installed and configured

Step 1: Download and Extract FoodCoopShop

First, you need to download the FoodCoopShop package from their website. You can use the following command to download the package:

$ cd /usr/local/www
$ fetch https://www.foodcoopshop.com/downloads/foodcoopshop-latest.tar.gz

Once the package is downloaded, extract it to the Apache document root directory using the following command:

$ tar -xzvf foodcoopshop-latest.tar.gz -C /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Step 2: Set Up Apache Web Server

In this step, you need to configure Apache to serve the FoodCoopShop application.

Create a virtual host configuration file for FoodCoopShop using the following command:

$ cp /usr/local/www/apache24/data/foodcoopshop/meinwebserver/apache_vhost.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/foodcoopshop.conf

Open the foodcoopshop.conf file in a text editor:

$ vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/foodcoopshop.conf

Change the ServerName and DocumentRoot directives according to your environment. For example:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName foodcoopshop.example.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/apache24/data/foodcoopshop/
    <Directory "/usr/local/www/apache24/data/foodcoopshop/">
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Step 3: Set Up MySQL Database

FoodCoopShop requires a MySQL database to store data. Therefore, you need to create a new MySQL database and user for FoodCoopShop.

First, log in to the MySQL server as the root user:

$ mysql -u root -p

Create a new database:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE foodcoopshopdb;

Create a new user and grant all permissions to the database:

mysql> GRANT ALL ON foodcoopshopdb.* TO 'foodcoopshopuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

Replace PASSWORD with a strong password.

Flush privileges and exit:

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Step 4: Configuring FoodCoopShop

Now, we need to configure FoodCoopShop to use the MySQL database that we just created.

Open the config_foodcoopshop.php file in a text editor:

$ vi /usr/local/www/apache24/data/foodcoopshop-config/config_foodcoopshop.php

Edit the following variables according to your environment:

$DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost';
$DATABASE_PORT = '3306';
$DATABASE_NAME = 'foodcoopshopdb';
$DATABASE_USER = 'foodcoopshopuser';
$DATABASE_PW = 'PASSWORD';

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Launching FoodCoopShop

Now, we are ready to start the FoodCoopShop web application.

Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:

$ service apache24 restart

Open your web browser and navigate to http://foodcoopshop.example.com (replace foodcoopshop.example.com with your domain name or IP address).

You should see the FoodCoopShop login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured FoodCoopShop on FreeBSD Latest.