Installing PartKeepr on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk through the installation process of PartKeepr on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have:

A FreeBSD Latest system
Root access or a user account with sudo privileges
Access to the internet

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, let's update the package repository and install some required packages:

$ sudo pkg update
$ sudo pkg install apache24 php74 php74-mysqli php74-pdo_mysql php74-dom php74-json php74-xmlwriter php74-libxml php74-hash

Step 2: Install PartKeepr

To install PartKeepr, we will use the Git repository. In the terminal, run the following commands:

$ cd /tmp/
$ git clone https://github.com/partkeepr/PartKeepr.git
$ mv PartKeepr /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
$ cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/PartKeepr
$ sudo chown -R www:www .

Step 3: Configure Apache

We need to configure Apache to serve PartKeepr. Open the Apache configuration file /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf using your favorite text editor:

$ sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

Alias /partkeepr "/usr/local/www/apache24/data/PartKeepr/web"
<Directory "/usr/local/www/apache24/data/PartKeepr/web">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and close the file. Then restart the Apache server:

$ sudo service apache24 restart

Step 4: Access PartKeepr

Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/partkeepr. You should see the PartKeepr login page.

If you want to access PartKeepr from another machine, you need to replace localhost with the IP address or domain name of your FreeBSD machine.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PartKeepr on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can start managing your electronic components and inventory with PartKeepr.