Tutorial: Installing BicBucStriim on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install BicBucStriim on Alpine Linux Latest. BicBucStriim is an open-source ebook manager that allows users to organize and read their ebook collections on various devices.

Prerequisites

• A running Alpine Linux Latest instance or virtual machine.
• Root or sudo priviledges
• Basic knowledge of Linux commands.

Steps

Step 1: Install Apache, PHP and MySQL packages

To use BicBucStriim, we need to install Apache2, PHP and MySQL packages. Open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo apk update
sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2 mysql mysql-client

Step 2: Install BicBucStriim

The next step is to download and extract BicBucStriim. You can download the latest version by running the following command:

wget https://projekte.textmulch.de/bicbucstriim/bicbucstriim-1.5.0.zip

Once the download is complete, extract the file by running:

unzip bicbucstriim-1.5.0.zip

Now move the extracted files to the document root of Apache web server:

sudo mv bicbucstriim-1.5.0 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/bicbucstriim

Step 3: Create a MySQL database and user for BicBucStriim

BicBucstriim requires a MySQL database to store its information. We need to create a database and user for BicBucStriim.

First, log in to the MySQL terminal:

mysql -u root -p

Then, create the database:

CREATE DATABASE bicbucstriim;

Next, create a user and grant privileges:

CREATE USER 'bicbucstriim'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bicbucstriim.* TO 'bicbucstriim'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace 'your-password' with a strong password.

Step 4: Configure BicBucStriim

Navigate to the BicBucStriim directory and create a copy of the config.php.sample file:

cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/bicbucstriim
cp config.php.sample config.php

Then, open the config.php file and enter the correct MySQL database, user, and password information.

define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'bicbucstriim');
define('DB_PASS', 'your-password');
define('DB_NAME', 'bicbucstriim');

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Open the Firewall for Apache

We need to open the firewall to allow HTTP traffic on port 80.

sudo ufw allow http

Step 6: Start the Apache Web Server

Finally, start the Apache web server:

sudo rc-service apache2 start

Step 7: Access the BicBucStriim Web Interface

Now open a web browser and enter the server's IP address or domain name followed by /bicbucstriim to access the web interface:

http://your_server_ip/bicbucstriim

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install BicBucStriim on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now organize and read your ebook collections easily on various devices.

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