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This is a simple guide on getting madsonic up and running on FreeBSD 9.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Before installation of the components, make sure everything is up to date using the following command:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

Install Madsonic¶

• Install the madsonic-standalone package:
  

  pkg install madsonic-standalone
  

• Start and enable madsonic at boot:
  

  echo 'madsonic_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  service madsonic start
  

• Now open a web browser and go to http://madsonic.example.com:4040

Install SSL¶

• Install openssl and zip:
  

  pkg install openssl zip
  

• Generate a strong SSL key and a CSR to send for signing by a CA:
  

  cd /usr/local/etc
  openssl req -sha512 -out madsonic.example.com.csr -new -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout madsonic.example.com.key
  

• Combine the SSL key, certificate, and CA intermediate certificate files together into a madsonic-bundle.crt file:
  

  cat madsonic.example.com.key madsonic.example.com.crt startcom.class1.bundle > madsonic-bundle.crt
  

• Next convert it to a format madsonic understands:
  

  openssl pkcs12 -in madsonic-bundle.crt -export -out madsonic-bundle.pkcs12
  

  • When prompted enter madsonic as export password.

• Now you should have a madsonic-bundle.pkcs12 file, we need to import this into a keystore for Madsonic to use:
  

  keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore madsonic-bundle.pkcs12 -destkeystore madsonic.keystore -srcstoretype PKCS12 -srcstorepass madsonic -srcalias 1 -destalias madsonic
  

  • When prompted enter madsonic as the password.

• Finally we need to put the keystore into the file Madsonic uses to boot:
  

  zip /usr/local/madsonic-standalone/madsonic-booter-jar-with-dependencies.jar madsonic.keystore
  

• Now set the madsonic_https_port in the rc.conf file and restart madsonic:
  

  echo 'madsonic_https_port="4443"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  service madsonic restart