How to Install Erxes on OpenBSD

Erxes is an open-source marketing, sales, and customer service automation platform. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Erxes on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have:

An OpenBSD server instance
Access to the server as a sudo user or root
A domain name that resolves to your server's IP address

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Connect to your server via SSH.
Install the required PostgreSQL and Redis packages by running the following command:
```
$ doas pkg_add postgresql-server redis
```
Initialize PostgreSQL by running the following command:
```
$ doas /etc/rc.d/postgresql initdb
```
Start PostgreSQL and Redis services and enable them to start automatically at boot time:
```
$ doas rcctl enable postgresql redis && doas rcctl start postgresql redis
```

Step 2: Install Erxes

Download the Erxes installation package from the official website by running the following command:
```
$ curl -L https://github.com/erxes/erxes/releases/latest/download/erxes.0.24.2.linux.tar.gz -o erxes.tar.gz
```
Note: Replace the version number with the latest release version available on the official website.
Extract the downloaded package by running the following command:
```
$ tar -zxvf erxes.tar.gz
```
Copy the extracted files to the /var/www/erxes directory by running the following command:
```
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/www/erxes && sudo mv erxes /var/www/erxes/
```
Change the ownership of the /var/www/erxes directory to the user that will run the Erxes service:
```
$ sudo chown -R _erxes /var/www/erxes
```
Install the required Node.js packages by running the following command:
```
$ cd /var/www/erxes && sudo npm install --production
```

Step 3: Configure Erxes

Create a configuration file for Erxes by running the following command:
```
$ sudo cp /var/www/erxes/config.example.js /var/www/erxes/config.js
```

Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor to include your database and SMTP credentials, and other necessary configurations:

$ sudo vi /var/www/erxes/config.js

module.exports = {
  databaseURL: 'postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/erxes',
  mongoURL: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/erxes-dev',
  redisURL: 'redis://localhost:6379/0',
  smtpConfig: {
    host: 'smtp.gmail.com',
    port: 587,
    secure: false, // use TLS
    auth: {
      user: '[email protected]',
      pass: 'yourpassword'
    }
  },
  ...
}

Start the Erxes service by running the following command:
```
$ cd /var/www/erxes && sudo npm start
```
Verify that the Erxes service is running by opening your web browser and navigating to http://your-domain.com:3040

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Erxes on OpenBSD. You can now use it to automate your marketing, sales, and customer service tasks.