How to Install OnTrack on FreeBSD Latest

OnTrack is a lightweight and easy-to-use web-based project management tool that helps you to manage and track your projects. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OnTrack on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation of OnTrack, you need to make sure your system has the following requirements:

• FreeBSD Latest installed
• root or sudo privileges
• A web server (Apache or Nginx) installed and running on your system
• PHP 7.1 or later installed on your system
• Git installed on your system

Step 1: Install Apache or Nginx

If you don't have a web server installed, you can install Apache or Nginx using the following commands:

For Apache:

sudo pkg install apache24

For Nginx:

sudo pkg install nginx

Step 2: Install PHP

You can install PHP 7.1 or later using the following command:

sudo pkg install php73

Step 3: Install Git

To clone OnTrack from Github, you need to have Git installed on your system. You can install Git using the following command:

sudo pkg install git

Step 4: Clone OnTrack from Github

Once you have Git installed on your system, you can clone OnTrack from GitHub using the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/inoda/ontrack.git /usr/local/www/ontrack

Step 5: Configure Apache or Nginx

For Apache

Edit the Apache configuration file /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf and add the following lines:

Alias /ontrack "/usr/local/www/ontrack/public"
<Directory "/usr/local/www/ontrack/public">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and exit the file, then restart the Apache service:

sudo service apache24 restart

For Nginx

Create a new configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/ontrack.conf and add the following lines:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;

    root   /usr/local/www/ontrack/public;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and exit the file, then restart the Nginx service:

sudo service nginx restart

Step 6: Install OnTrack dependencies

Change directory to the OnTrack installation directory and run the following command:

sudo composer install

Step 7: Configure OnTrack

Copy the sample configuration file to config.php:

sudo cp config.php.sample config.php

Open the config.php file and configure the database settings:

<?php
return [
    'database' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        'host'      => 'localhost',
        'username'  => 'ontrack',
        'password'  => 'password',
        'database'  => 'ontrack',
        'charset'   => 'utf8mb4',
        'collation' => 'utf8mb4_general_ci',
        'prefix'    => '',
    ],
    // ...
];

Save and exit the file.

Step 8: Create the Database

Create a new database for OnTrack:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the MySQL root password, then run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE ontrack;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ontrack.* TO 'ontrack'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 9: Run the Migrations

Run the following command to create the tables in the database:

sudo php artisan migrate

Step 10: Generate the Application Key

Run the following command to generate the application key:

sudo php artisan key:generate

Step 11: Start OnTrack

Finally, run the following command to start OnTrack:

sudo php artisan serve

You can now access OnTrack by visiting http://<your_server_ip>/ontrack in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install OnTrack on FreeBSD Latest with Apache or Nginx, PHP, and MySQL. You can now use OnTrack to manage and track your projects.