Installing Antville on OpenBSD

Antville is a free, open-source content management system that allows users to create and manage their own blogs and websites. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Antville on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start installing Antville, there are a few prerequisites we need to install first:

  1. OpenBSD Operating System
  2. Java Development Kit (JDK)
  3. PostgreSQL
  4. Apache Ant

Step 1: Update OpenBSD

Let's start by updating OpenBSD using the following commands:

sudo syspatch
sudo pkg_add -u

Step 2: Install JDK

We need to install the Java Development Kit (JDK) on our OpenBSD system. We will install the latest version of OpenJDK from the package repository. Run the following command to install JDK:

sudo pkg_add openjdk11

Step 3: Install PostgreSQL

Now, we'll install PostgreSQL. Run the following command:

sudo pkg_add postgresql-server

Step 4: Configure PostgreSQL

After installing PostgreSQL, we need to configure it to run as a service. Run the following command:

sudo rcctl enable postgresql
sudo rcctl start postgresql

Next, we need to create a new user and a new database for Antville. Run the following commands:

sudo su - postgres
createuser antville
createdb -O antville antville

Step 5: Install Apache Ant

To install Apache Ant, run the following command:

sudo pkg_add apache-ant

Step 6: Download Antville

Download the latest Antville distribution from the Antville website:

cd /tmp
ftp https://antville.org/download/antville-1.2.tar.bz2

Step 7: Extract Antville

Extract the Antville tarball using the following command:

tar -xjf antville-1.2.tar.bz2

Step 8: Configure Antville

Go to the Antville directory:

cd antville-1.2

Edit "build.properties" using your favorite text editor and modify the following properties:

db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/antville
db.user=antville
db.pwd=password

Save and close the file.

Step 9: Build Antville

Compile Antville using the following command:

ant

Step 10: Run Antville

Start the Antville server using the following command:

./start

You should see the following message:

Antville is now running on [http://127.0.0.1:8080]

Now, open your web browser and navigate to the following address:

http://localhost:8080/

You should see the Antville welcome page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Antville on OpenBSD.