How to Install Framadate on Alpine Linux

Framadate is an open-source online service for planning events, scheduling meetings, and more. It allows you to create polls and surveys, and then share them with your colleagues, friends, or family. If you want to install Framadate on Alpine Linux, follow the following steps:

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have the following:

• A server with a clean installation of Alpine Linux Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Required Packages and Tools

Open a terminal or connect to your server via SSH and type the following command to update the package manager:

sudo apk update

After that, install the required packages and tools using the following command:

sudo apk add php7 php7-phar php7-json php7-mbstring php7-dom php7-curl php7-xml php7-fpm unzip nginx

Once the installation is complete, start the services using the following command:

sudo service php-fpm start
sudo service nginx start

Step 2: Download and Extract Framadate

Visit the official website of Framadate and click on the link to download the latest version. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip framadate-1.1.zip -d /var/www/html/

This command will extract the contents of the ZIP file to the /var/www/html/ directory.

Step 3: Configure Nginx

Open the Nginx configuration file using your favourite text editor and add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name framadate.example.com; # Replace with your domain name
    root /var/www/html/framadate;

    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;  
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    }

    error_page 404 /404.html;
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;

    location = /50x.html {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
}

Save the file and restart Nginx using the following command:

sudo service nginx restart

Step 4: Configure Framadate

Framadate has some default configuration values which you can override by creating a separate configuration file. To do that, copy the config-model.php file to config.php using the following command:

cp /var/www/html/framadate/include/config-model.php /var/www/html/framadate/config.php 

Then, open the config.php file using your favourite text editor and modify the following values:

define('FD_DL_LIMIT_FILE', 20);
define('FD_ADD_DROPDOWN', true);
define('FD_MAIL_FROM', 'framadate@example.com'); # Replace with your email address
define('FD_MAIL_FROMNAME', 'Framadate');
define('FD_MAIL_REPLYTO', 'framadate@example.com'); # Replace with your email address
define('FD_MAIL_REPLYTONAME', 'Framadate');
define('FD_ADMIN_MAIL_REPLYTO', 'framadate@example.com'); # Replace with your email address
define('FD_ADMIN_MAIL_REPLYTONAME', 'Framadate');
define('FD_HTTP_AUTH_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT', false);
define('FD_USE_CAPTCHA', false);
define('FD_MIN_DELAY_BETWEEN_TWO_MAILS', '600'); # Provide a number in seconds
define('FD_DB_ENGINE', 'mysql');
define('FD_DB_USER', 'framadate'); # Replace with your MySQL username
define('FD_DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); # Replace with your MySQL password
define('FD_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('FD_DB_NAME', 'framadate'); # Replace with your MySQL database name
define('FD_DIR_CACHE', '/tmp');
define('FD_MYSQL_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');

Save the file and you're done!

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Framadate on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now access your Framadate installation by visiting http://<your-alpine-ip-address>/framadate.

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