How to Install farmOS on macOS

farmOS is a free and open source farm management software designed to help farmers and growers plan, organize, track, and analyze their farming operations. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing farmOS on your macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that your macOS system meets the following requirements:

  • macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later
  • Apache or Nginx web server
  • PHP 7.2 or later with the following extensions:
    • php-curl
    • php-gd
    • php-json
    • php-mbstring
    • php-pdo
    • php-pdo_mysql or php-pdo_sqlite
  • MySQL 5.7 or later, or MariaDB 10.2 or later
  • Composer

Steps

  1. Download farmOS from the official website at https://farmos.org/download.
  2. Extract the downloaded archive to a directory accessible by your web server. For example, if you are using Apache, you can extract it to /Library/WebServer/Documents/farm.
  3. Rename the .env.example file to .env and edit it to configure the database connection settings. Set the DB_DATABASE, DB_USERNAME, and DB_PASSWORD variables according to your MySQL or MariaDB setup. You may also want to change the APP_URL variable to match your domain name or IP address.
  4. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you extracted farmOS.
  5. Run the following command to generate a new application key:
php artisan key:generate
  1. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
composer install
  1. Run the following command to create the database tables:
php artisan migrate
  1. Run the following command to seed the database with some initial data:
php artisan db:seed
  1. Enable the web server to serve the farmOS directory. For example, if you are using Apache, you can add the following configuration to your httpd.conf or .htaccess file:
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents/farm">
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride all
  Require all granted
</Directory>
  1. Restart your web server to apply the changes.
  2. Open your web browser and navigate to the farmOS installation page at http://localhost/farm. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed farmOS on your macOS system. You can now use it to manage your farming operations.