How to Install Galette on FreeBSD Latest

Galette is a free and open-source membership management software that allows users to manage members, events, and subscription. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Galette on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, ensure you have the following:

• A VPS or local machine running FreeBSD Latest
• SSH access to the server with root privileges
• A web server installed on the server (Apache or Nginx)
• PHP and necessary modules installed on the server
• A MySQL server installed and running

Step 1: Update FreeBSD

The first step is to update FreeBSD to the latest version. Use the following command to update the system packages:

$ pkg update && pkg upgrade

Step 2: Install Dependencies

After updating the system, install the required dependencies. To install Apache and PHP, run the following command:

$ pkg install apache24 php74 php74-mysqli

To install Nginx and PHP, run the following command instead:

$ pkg install nginx php74 php74-mysqli

Step 3: Configure Web Server

After installing the web server, configure it to serve the Galette application. Follow the instructions below depending on the web server installed.

Apache

If you installed Apache, create a virtual host configuration file for Galette. Run the following command to create a new configuration file:

$ nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/galette.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin [email protected]
     DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/galette/
     ServerName galette.example.com
     
     <Directory "/usr/local/www/galette/">
         Options FollowSymLinks
         AllowOverride All
         Require all granted
     </Directory>
     
     ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/galette-error.log
     CustomLog /var/log/httpd/galette-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save the file and exit the editor. Then, restart Apache:

$ service apache24 restart

Nginx

If you installed Nginx, create a virtual host configuration file for Galette. Run the following command to create a new configuration file:

$ nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/galette.conf

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name galette.example.com;
    root /usr/local/www/galette;
    index index.php;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/galette-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/galette-error.log;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

Save the file and exit the editor. Then, restart Nginx:

$ service nginx restart

Step 4: Install Galette

After configuring the web server, download the latest version of Galette from the official website:

$ cd /usr/local/www/
$ wget https://download.galette.eu/galette-0.9.4.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive:

$ tar -xzf galette-0.9.4.tar.gz

Then, move the galette directory to the root of the web server:

$ mv galette-0.9.4 galette

Later, set the appropriate permissions:

$ chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/galette/

Step 5: Create a Database for Galette

To store Galette's data, create a new database in MySQL:

$ mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE galette;
CREATE USER 'galetteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON galette.* TO 'galetteuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace password with a secure password for the user galetteuser.

Step 6: Configure Galette

Next, configure Galette to use the MySQL database. Copy the config-dist.inc.php to config.inc.php.

$ cd /usr/local/www/galette/
$ cp config/config-dist.inc.php config/config.inc.php

Then, edit the config.inc.php file and update the following variables:

$db_hostname = 'localhost';
$db_username = 'galetteuser';
$db_password = 'password';
$db_database = 'galette';

Again, replace password with the password for the galetteuser.

Step 7: Test Galette

Finally, open your browser and navigate to the URL http://galette.example.com/ using the domain name you set earlier.

The Galette installation page will load.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Galette on FreeBSD Latest with Apache or Nginx. You also created a MySQL database for Galette and completed the configuration. You can now use Galette to manage memberships and events.