FreeBSD Server Installers
From XOMBO Documentation
The following steps will install and configure Apache 2.2, MySQL 5.1, and PHP 5 on your FreeBSD Installation. This page assumes that you are running as the super-user by first issuing the su command and using the root password you specified at install time.
Contents |
Apache 2.2
From screen:
cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 make install distclean
Leave the defaults in the menu.
After it's completed compiling, execute the following commands to start the server with SSL support at boot:
echo 'apache22_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo 'apache22_flags="-DSSL"' >> /etc/rc.conf
Use the following commands to setup the initial SSL key folders:
mkdir /usr/local/etc/apache22/ssl.key mkdir /usr/local/etc/apache22/ssl.crt chmod 0700 /usr/local/etc/apache22/ssl.key chmod 0700 /usr/local/etc/apache22/ssl.crt
MySQL 5.1
cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-server make install WITH_OPENSSL=yes distclean echo 'mysql_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
This compile will take approximately an hour, so make sure you use screen so as not to lose the compilation in the event of connection failure or accidentally closing the window.
PHP 5
cd /usr/ports/lang/php5 make config
You will be prompted to add module support. Ensure Apache support has been checked off. The other unchecked patches are optional--just be sure to research what they do before selecting them. Depending on your scenario, having additional patches may make debugging easier or add support for multi-byte characters (i.e. UTF-8, Cyrillic/symbol languages).
make install distclean
PHP 5 Extensions
cd /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions make config
Ensure the following extensions are selected (they may currently, or in the future, be required by Platform):
- BZ2
- GD
- CALENDAR
- CURL
- EXIF
- FILEINFO
- FTP
- GETTEXT
- IMAP
- MCRYPT
- MBSTRING
- MYSQLI (not MYSQL)
- NCURSES
- OPENSSL
- PGSQL
- PSPELL
- TIDY
- XSL
- ZIP
- ZLIB
The other unchecked extensions are optional. Leave extensions that are already selected by default enabled.
make install distclean
During the compile, some extensions may require additional configuration. Leave them as-is and confirm the selection to continue compiling.
Installing Memcache Extension via PECL
cd /usr/ports/databases/pecl-memcache make install distclean
Configure Apache and PHP
Open the Apache configuration file with nano
nano -w /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf
Use CTRL+W to locate the "LoadModules" section. Scroll to the bottom of that list of modules and locate the PHP entry. Add the following lines after that entry:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
This is an appropriate time to reboot the operating system so that it starts up all the contingent services at the next reboot. Then, you can begin testing to ensure that all your steps were completed successfully.
