Mayan EDMS is a document management system that can be used to securely manage and store various types of documents such as PDFs, images, and scanned documents. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mayan EDMS on Alpine Linux.
Before we start the installation process, make sure you have the following:
Before installing any new packages or software, it is always best to update the system to ensure that all the package dependencies are met. To update the system, run the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Mayan EDMS requires a database to store its data. In this tutorial, we will use PostgreSQL as the database. To install the PostgreSQL server, run the following command:
sudo apk add postgresql postgresql-client
Once PostgreSQL is installed, start and enable it to automatically start at boot by running the following commands:
sudo rc-service postgresql start
sudo rc-update add postgresql
We also need to create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Mayan EDMS. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
createdb -O mayan -E UTF8 mayan
psql
This command will create a new database named mayan, with a new user named mayan as its owner. It will also launch the PostgreSQL console. In the PostgreSQL console, run the following SQL statement to set a password for the mayan user:
ALTER USER mayan WITH PASSWORD 'password';
Replace password with a secure password. Once done, exit from the PostgreSQL console by running the following command:
\q
To install Mayan EDMS, we need to add the Mayan EDMS repository and key to the system by running the following commands:
sudo apk add ca-certificates wget
wget https://packages.mayan-edms.com/apk/mayan-edms.apk.rsa.pub
sudo mv mayan-edms.apk.rsa.pub /etc/apk/keys/
Now that we have added the repository key, add the repository by running the following command:
sudo sh -c "echo https://packages.mayan-edms.com/apk/3.5/main >> /etc/apk/repositories"
Once the repository is added, install Mayan EDMS by running the following command:
sudo apk add mayan-edms
In order to start using Mayan EDMS, we need to configure it first. Create a configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp /usr/share/mayan-edms/examples/mayan.conf /etc/mayan-edms.conf
Now, open the configuration file using a text editor:
sudo nano /etc/mayan-edms.conf
Inside the configuration file, set the following:
[database]
ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
NAME=mayan
USER=mayan
PASSWORD=password
HOST=localhost
PORT=5432
[storage]
STORAGE_BACKEND=django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage
STORAGE_BACKEND_ARGUMENTS={"location": "/var/lib/mayan/documents/"}
Make sure to replace password with the password you set for the Mayan EDMS database user.
Save and close the configuration file by pressing Ctrl+X, Y, Enter.
Next, create the user and group that Mayan EDMS will run under by running the following command:
sudo addgroup mayan
sudo adduser -D -G mayan mayan
Then, create the required directories and set the permissions by running the following commands:
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/mayan/static
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/mayan/media
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/mayan/documents
sudo chown mayan:mayan /var/lib/mayan/static
sudo chown mayan:mayan /var/lib/mayan/media
sudo chown mayan:mayan /var/lib/mayan/documents
Finally, initialize the Mayan EDMS database by running the following commands:
sudo -u mayan mayan-edms.py initialsetup
sudo -u mayan mayan-edms.py createsuperuser
The above commands will set up the Mayan EDMS database and create a superuser account. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the setup.
Once the above steps are completed, we can start Mayan EDMS by running the following command:
sudo rc-service mayan-edms start
You can now access the Mayan EDMS web interface by typing http://
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mayan EDMS on Alpine Linux!
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