In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Benotes, a note-taking and collaboration platform, on Alpine Linux. Benotes is a web-based platform that allows you to take notes, create tasks, and collaborate with your team in real-time.
Before we begin the installation process, please ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to download the latest Benotes release zip file from the official website using the following command:
wget https://github.com/Benotes/Benotes/releases/download/v2.0.0/Benotes-v2.0.0.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the zip file using the following command:
unzip Benotes-v2.0.0.zip
This command will extract the content of the zip file to the current directory.
Now that the Benotes directory has been extracted, we need to move it to the document root of our server. The document root path might differ depending on your web server configuration. By default, the path is /var/www/localhost/htdocs/.
Run the following command to move the Benotes directory to the document root:
mv Benotes /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Now, we need to create a database for Benotes to use. Log in to your MariaDB server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted. Once you have logged in, use the following command to create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE benotesdb;
You can replace benotesdb with any name of your choice.
Next, we need to create a new user and grant them the necessary privileges to access the newly created database.
CREATE USER 'benotesuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON benotesdb.* TO 'benotesuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace 'benotesuser' with a username of your choice and replace 'password' with your desired password.
To configure the database connection, we need to edit the config.php file located in the Benotes/config/ directory.
Run the following command to navigate to the directory:
cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/Benotes/config/
Next, open the config.php file in your preferred editor and locate the following lines:
$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['user'] = 'root';
$config['db']['password'] = 'password';
$config['db']['database'] = 'benotesdb';
Replace the database connection details with the following lines:
$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['user'] = 'benotesuser';
$config['db']['password'] = 'password';
$config['db']['database'] = 'benotesdb';
Replace 'benotesuser' with the username you created in Step 3, and replace 'password' with the password you set in Step 3.
To configure the web server, we need to create a new virtual host configuration file for Benotes.
Run the following command to create a new file in the Apache virtual host directory:
nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/benotes.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs/Benotes
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/Benotes">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_domain.com with your domain name or IP address.
For Nginx server, add the following lines in /etc/nginx/conf.d/benotes.conf
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name your_domain.com;
root /var/www/localhost/htdocs/Benotes;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Once the configuration is done, save and close the file.
Next, run the following commands to restart the web server and enable it to start at boot time:
rc-service apache2 restart
rc-update add apache2 default
rc-service nginx restart
rc-update add nginx default
Finally, open a web browser and enter the following URL:
http://your_domain.com/
This will open the Benotes login page, where you can log in with the default username and password:
Username: admin
Password: admin
Upon login, you will be prompted to change the default admin password. Follow the on-screen instructions to set a new password.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Benotes on Alpine Linux. You can now start using the platform to take notes and collaborate with your team.
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