How to Install SPIP on OpenBSD

SPIP is a free and open-source content management system designed for managing websites, online publications and blogs. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SPIP on OpenBSD.

Requirements

To follow the steps in this tutorial, you will need:

• A computer or virtual machine running OpenBSD
• A terminal with superuser access

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing SPIP, we need to make sure that our system has all the necessary dependencies.

Open a terminal and run the following command to install the required dependencies:

$ doas pkg_add -i php php-pdo_mysql mysql-server

This command will install PHP and the MySQL database server with the necessary dependencies.

Step 2: Download SPIP

Next, we need to download SPIP from its official website.

Open a web browser and go to https://www.spip.net/fr to download the latest version of SPIP.

Alternatively, you can download the source code via terminal with the following command:

$ ftp https://git.spip.net/spip/spip/archive/master.tar.gz

Once the download is complete, extract the SPIP archive with the following command:

$ tar -zxvf spip-master.tar.gz

Step 3: Configure MySQL

Before we proceed with the installation, we need to set up a MySQL database for SPIP.

Open a terminal and log in as the root user with the following command:

$ doas su -

Once logged in as root, start the MySQL server with the following command:

# /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe &

Next, create a new database and user for SPIP with the following commands:

# mysql -u root -p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE spip_db;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON spip_db.* TO 'spip_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Remember to replace the username and password with your desired values.

Step 4: Install SPIP

To install SPIP, we need to copy the extracted SPIP files to the web server directory.

Copy the SPIP files to the Apache web server directory with the following command:

$ doas cp -Rp spip-master/* /var/www/htdocs/

Next, change the ownership of the SPIP files to the Apache user with the following command:

$ doas chown -R www:www /var/www/htdocs/

Step 5: Configure SPIP

We need to configure SPIP to use the MySQL database we created in Step 3.

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/ecrire to access the SPIP configuration page.

Select the preferred language and click "Suivant" to proceed.

In the "Database" section, select "MySQL" as the database server and enter the previously created database name, username, and password.

In the "Advanced parameters" section, change the default prefix and other settings as desired.

Finally, click "Install" to complete the installation process.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SPIP on OpenBSD. You can now create your content and manage your website using SPIP.