PartKeepr is an open-source inventory management software specifically designed for electronic components. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install PartKeepr on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following requirements:
The first thing you need to do is update the system and packages to their latest versions. Use the following command to do so:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Now, we need to install the necessary packages to run PartKeepr. Run the following command:
sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2 php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-xml php7-simplexml php7-tokenizer php7-json php7-mbstring php7-openssl php7-curl php7-zip php7-gd php7-pecl-imagick mysql mysql-client
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We will need it to install the required libraries for PartKeepr. Run the following command to install Composer:
sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now, we need to download PartKeepr's source code from the official website. You can use the following command to download the latest version:
sudo curl -L https://github.com/partkeepr/PartKeepr/releases/download/1.4.0/partkeepr-1.4.0.tar.gz -o partkeepr.tar.gz
After the download, you must extract the tarball to the Apache web root directory, which is "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/". Run the following command to do so:
sudo tar zxvf partkeepr.tar.gz -C /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Now that we have downloaded and extracted PartKeepr, we need to install the dependencies using Composer. Switch to the PartKeepr directory by typing:
cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/partkeepr
To install the dependencies, run the following command:
sudo composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Since PartKeepr requires write access to certain files, we must change the ownership of certain directories. Run the following commands:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/partkeepr
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/partkeepr
Now, we must configure Apache to serve PartKeepr. Edit the Apache configuration file "/etc/apache2/httpd.conf" using your preferred text editor. Uncomment the line that says "LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so". Then, add the following lines at the end of the file:
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/partkeepr">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Restart Apache to apply the changes to the configuration file. Run the following command:
sudo rc-service apache2 restart
We must now create a database for PartKeepr. Run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE DATABASE partkeepr; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON partkeepr.* to 'partkeepr'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password-here'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
Replace "your-password-here" with the desired password for the database user. It is recommended to create a secure password and save it in a safe location.
You can now access PartKeepr by opening a web browser and navigating to the server's IP address or domain name. You will be prompted to configure PartKeepr by entering the database credentials created earlier. After configuration, you can use PartKeepr to manage electronic components inventory.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PartKeepr on Alpine Linux Latest.
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