How to Install Galette on NetBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Galette on NetBSD. Galette is a free and open-source membership management web application.

Prerequisites

• A NetBSD instance with root access
• Apache web server
• PHP version 7.2 or later
• MySQL or MariaDB database server

Step 1: Download and extract Galette

1. Open a terminal window on NetBSD.
2. Navigate to the directory where you would like to install Galette.
3. Download the latest version of Galette using the following command:

$ fetch https://download.galette.eu/release/galette-X.X.X.tar.bz2

Replace "X.X.X" with the version number you wish to install.

4. Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the following command:

$ tar -xjf galette-X.X.X.tar.bz2

Step 2: Configure Apache Web Server

1. Navigate to the Apache web server configuration directory:

$ cd /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/

2. Open the Apache configuration file using a text editor:

$ vi httpd.conf

3. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

Alias /galette /path/to/galette
<Directory /path/to/galette>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
   AllowOverride All
   Order allow,deny
   allow from all
</Directory>

4. Replace "/path/to/galette" with the actual path to the Galette directory.

Step 3: Create a MySQL or MariaDB database for Galette

1. Log in to your MySQL or MariaDB server:

$ mysql -u root -p

2. Create a new database and user for Galette:

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

3. Replace "password" with a secure password for the Galette user.

Step 4: Install and configure PHP

1. Install PHP using the following command:

$ pkgin in php73 php73-mysql php73-gd

2. Enable the PHP module in Apache:

$ echo "LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so" >> /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/modules.conf

3. Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

$ /usr/pkg/sbin/apachectl restart

4. Open the PHP configuration file using a text editor:

$ vi /usr/pkg/etc/php.ini

5. Set the following values in the configuration file:

upload_max_filesize = 10M
post_max_size = 10M
date.timezone = [Your Timezone]

6. Replace "[Your Timezone]" with your local timezone. For example: "America/New_York".

Step 5: Install Galette

1. Navigate to the Galette directory:

$ cd /path/to/galette

2. Copy the example configuration file to the actual configuration file:

$ cp config.sample.php config.php

3. Open the configuration file using a text editor:

$ vi config.php

4. Set the following values in the configuration file:

- $config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
- $config['db_user'] = 'galetteuser';
- $config['db_password'] = 'password';
- $config['db_name'] = 'galette';

5. Replace "password" with the actual password for the Galette user.

6. Navigate to the Galette installation page in your web browser:

http://localhost/galette/install/

7. Follow the online installation wizard to complete the installation process.