How to Install Phabricator on OpenBSD

Phabricator is an open source software that provides a suite of web-based applications that aid software developers in building and managing their projects. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Phabricator on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, ensure that you have the following:

• OpenBSD installed on your system
• Root privileges to execute commands
• A web server and a database(Apache and MariaDB in this tutorial)

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, we need to install the dependencies required for Phabricator to run successfully. These dependencies include:

• git
• php74
• php74-extensions
• MariaDB
• py3-pygments
• redis

To install these dependencies, open a terminal on your OpenBSD system and run the following command:

# pkg_add git php74 php74-extensions mariadb-server py3-pygments redis

Step 2: Configure MariaDB

Next, we need to configure MariaDB to work with Phabricator. We need to create a database and a user that Phabricator can use to connect to the database.

To do this, run the following commands:

# mysql_install_db
# /usr/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation
# mysql -u root -p

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE phabricator;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'phabricator'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phabricator . * TO 'phabricator'@'localhost';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit;

Step 3: Download and Install Phabricator

Next, we need to download and install Phabricator. To do this, navigate to the directory where you want to install the software and run the following command:

# git clone https://github.com/phacility/phabricator.git
# cd phabricator
# ./bin/config set mysql.host localhost
# ./bin/config set mysql.user phabricator
# ./bin/config set mysql.pass password

Note that you should replace "password" with the password you set for the "phabricator" user when configuring MariaDB in step 2.

Step 4: Configure the Web Server

Now that Phabricator is installed, we need to configure our web server to serve the application.

In this tutorial, we will use Apache web server, so we need to configure Apache to work with Phabricator. To do this, open the Apache configuration file for editing:

# vi /etc/httpd.conf

Add the following code to your Apache configuration file:

Alias /phabricator/ "/usr/local/www/phabricator/htdocs/"
<Directory "/usr/local/www/phabricator/htdocs/">
	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
	AllowOverride all
	Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and exit the file.

Step 5: Restart Services

After making changes to the Apache configuration file, we need to restart both the web server and the MariaDB service to apply the changes.

To do this, run the following commands:

# rcctl restart httpd
# rcctl restart mysqld

Step 6: Access Phabricator

Finally, we can access and use Phabricator. To do this, open your favorite web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://your_server_ip_address/phabricator/

You should see the Phabricator login page. If you encounter any issues, refer to the official Phabricator documentation for assistance.

That's it! You have successfully installed Phabricator on OpenBSD.