Installing Lura on OpenBSD

Lura is an open-source software for creating and managing digital collections. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Lura on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure that you have the following:

• OpenBSD 6.8 or newer
• Root access to the server
• A working internet connection

Step 1: Install system packages

OpenBSD provides a package manager called pkg_add to easily install system packages. We need to install some required packages before installing Lura. Run the following command as root to install the required packages:

pkg_add -z apache tomcat git

The above command will install Apache HTTP server, Tomcat webserver and Git which are required for running Lura.

Step 2: Install Java

Lura requires Java to run. OpenBSD supports OpenJDK, which is an open-source version of Java. We can install OpenJDK using the package manager pkg_add. Run the following command as root to install OpenJDK:

pkg_add -z openjdk

Step 3: Install Lura

Clone the Lura source code from the official GitHub repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/luraproject/lura.git
cd lura

Build the Lura war file:

./gradlew build

This will create a war file named lura.war in the build/libs directory.

Copy the lura.war file to Tomcat webapps directory:

cp build/libs/lura.war /usr/local/apache-tomcat-9.0.39/webapps/

Start the Apache and Tomcat services:

apachectl start
/usr/local/apache-tomcat-9.0.39/bin/startup.sh

The Lura web application should now be running at http://localhost:8080/lura/

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Lura on OpenBSD. You can now start using Lura to manage your digital collections.