Installing PHP Censor on Alpine Linux Latest

PHP Censor is an open-source continuous integration tool for PHP projects. In this tutorial, we will cover the steps to install PHP Censor on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following:

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access to the server
• Git installed on your server

Step 1: Install PHP and Nginx

Since PHP Censor is a PHP-based CI tool, we need to install PHP on our server. Here we will use PHP 7.4, which is the latest version of PHP.

apk add php7 php7-fpm nginx

Once the installation is completed, we can start PHP and Nginx services.

rc-service php-fpm7 start
rc-service nginx start

Step 2: Install Composer

Composer is a package manager for PHP, and we need it to install PHP Censor.

We can install Composer globally by running the following commands:

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Now, we need to check if Composer is installed correctly by running the following command:

composer

If the output shows the available commands, then Composer has been installed successfully.

Step 3: Download PHP Censor

We can download PHP Censor by cloning its GitHub repository using the git command.

cd /var/www/
git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git

Step 4: Install Dependencies

After cloning the repository, navigate to the PHP Censor folder and install the dependencies:

cd php-censor/
composer install --no-dev --prefer-source --optimize-autoloader

Step 5: Configure Nginx

We need to configure Nginx to point to the PHP Censor folder. Open the Nginx configuration file /etc/nginx/conf.d/php-censor.conf:

touch /etc/nginx/conf.d/php-censor.conf
nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/php-censor.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;
    server_name _;

    root /var/www/php-censor/public;
    index index.php;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
            fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save the file and restart Nginx:

rc-service nginx restart

Step 6: Configure PHP Censor

Copy the config.yml.dist file and rename it to config.yml:

cp /var/www/php-censor/app/config/config.yml.dist /var/www/php-censor/app/config/config.yml

Edit the config.yml file and set the database details:

db:
    driver: pdo_mysql
    host: localhost
    port: 3306
    dbname: [DATABASE_NAME]
    user: [USER]
    password: [PASSWORD]
    charset: utf8mb4

Step 7: Create Database

We need to create a database for PHP Censor. You can use any MySQL clients like phpMyAdmin or MySQL Workbench.

Connect to your MySQL server and run the following command:

CREATE DATABASE [DATABASE_NAME];

Note: Replace [DATABASE_NAME] with the name of the database you want to create.

Step 8: Run Migrations

Run the following command to perform the migrations:

cd /var/www/php-censor/
php console.php migrations:migrate --no-interaction

Step 9: Run PHP Censor

Finally, we can run PHP Censor by accessing the server in a web browser. Open http://[YOUR_SERVER_IP]/ in a web browser, and you should see the PHP Censor login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install PHP Censor on Alpine Linux Latest. Now, you can use PHP Censor to continuously test and deploy your PHP projects.

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