How to Install Selfoss on OpenBSD

Requirements

• A server or VPS running OpenBSD
• Access to the command line interface

Step 1: Install PHP and Apache

1.1. Update your package repository and install PHP and Apache server:

$ sudo pkg_add -U php apache-httpd

1.2. Start Apache and enable it to start automatically at boot:

$ sudo rcctl enable apache24
$ sudo rcctl start apache24

Step 2: Install Composer

2.1. Install Composer using pkg_add:

$ sudo pkg_add composer

2.2. Test that Composer is installed by running the following command:

$ composer --version

Step 3: Install Selfoss

3.1. Download Selfoss directly from the official website:

$ cd /var/www/htdocs
$ sudo mkdir selfoss
$ cd selfoss
$ sudo wget https://selfoss.aditu.de/selfoss-2.18.zip

3.2. Unzip Selfoss and remove the ZIP file:

$ sudo unzip selfoss-2.18.zip
$ sudo rm -f selfoss-2.18.zip

3.3. Install Selfoss dependencies using Composer:

$ sudo composer install

Step 4: Configure Apache to serve Selfoss

4.1. Create a new Virtual Host configuration file for Selfoss. Open /etc/apache24/httpd.conf and add the following lines at the bottom of the file:

Listen 8080

<VirtualHost *:8080>
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs/selfoss"
  ServerName selfoss.local
  ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd-selfoss-error.log"
  CustomLog "/var/log/httpd-selfoss-access.log" common
  <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/selfoss">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

4.2. Restart Apache:

$ sudo rcctl restart apache24

Step 5: Access Selfoss

5.1. Login to your Selfoss installation by visiting http://your-server-ip:8080 in your web browser.

5.2. The first time you access Selfoss, you will be prompted to set a username and password.

5.3. Once you have logged in, you can start adding feeds and customizing Selfoss as needed.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Selfoss on OpenBSD.