Support #951
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 4 years ago
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This is a guide on installing a self-hosted OFBiz instance on FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
<pre>
pkg update && pkg upgrade
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* Add ofbiz user:
<pre>
pw add user -n ofbiz -m -s /bin/sh -c "OFBiz"
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* Install the dependencies:
<pre>
pkg install openjdk8 git gradle
</pre>
h3. Configure PostgreSQL
* Install PostgreSQL:
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pkg install postgresql-jdbc postgresql96-server postgresql96-client postgresql96-contrib
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* Initialize, start, and enable postgresql at boot:
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sysrc postgresql_enable="YES"
service postgresql initdb
service postgresql start
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* Log in to postgresql user account and connect to database:
<pre>
su - postgres
psql -d template1
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#* Create a user:
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CREATE USER ofbiz WITH PASSWORD 'SuperSecretPassword' CREATEDB;
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#* Create the database & grant all privileges on database
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CREATE DATABASE ofbizdb OWNER ofbiz encoding='UTF8';
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* Quit the database session
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\q
exit
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h2. Install OFBiz
* Download and compile ofbiz:
<pre>
su - ofbiz
git clone -b release18.12 https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework
cd ofbiz-framework
./gradlew cleanAll loadAll
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h2. Resources
* https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework
* https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-plugins