How to Install Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest

Vikunja is a simple and easy-to-use task management application that helps you to manage your tasks with ease. In this tutorial, we will be installing Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest.

Pre-requisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure to fulfill the following requirements:

• A system running Alpine Linux Latest
• Docker and Docker Compose installed on the system
• Basic knowledge of working with Docker and Docker Compose

Installation Steps

Follow the below steps to install Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest:

1. Open a terminal on your Alpine Linux Latest system.

2. Run the following command to install Docker:

   apk --update add docker
   

3. Start the Docker service by running the following command:

   service docker start
   

4. To verify whether Docker is successfully installed or not, run:

   docker --version
   

   The command should return the version of Docker installed.

5. Next, install Docker Compose by running the following command:

   apk add docker-compose
   

6. Clone the Vikunja GitHub repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/vikunja/vikunja.git
   

7. Navigate to the cloned directory:

   cd vikunja
   

8. Create the necessary directories for Vikunja by running:

   mkdir data logs
   

9. Create a Docker Compose file by running:

   touch docker-compose.yml
   

10. Edit the docker-compose.yml file and add the following content to it:

    version: "3.8"
    
    networks:
      web:
        external: true
    
    services:
      db:
        image: postgres:12-alpine
        restart: always
        volumes:
          - ./data/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
        environment:
          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: your_password
          PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
        healthcheck:
          test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
          interval: 10s
          timeout: 5s
          retries: 5
        networks:
          web:
            aliases:
              - db.vikunja
            ipv4_address: 172.20.0.2
    
      redis:
        image: redis:6-alpine
        restart: always
        volumes:
          - ./data/redis:/data
        healthcheck:
          test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
          interval: 5s
          retries: 5
        networks:
          web:
            aliases:
              - redis.vikunja
            ipv4_address: 172.20.0.3
    
      vikunja:
        image: vikunja/server
        restart: unless-stopped
        ports:
          - 3456:3456
        volumes:
          - ./data:/data
        environment:
          CACHE_TYPE: redis
          CACHE_REDIS_URL: redis://redis.vikunja:6379/0
          DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:your_password@db.vikunja:5432/vikunja?sslmode=disable
          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: your_password
          SECRET: your_secret
          SESSION_SECRET: your_session_secret
        healthcheck:
          test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "localhost", "3456"]
          interval: 10s
          timeout: 5s
          retries: 3
        depends_on:
          - db
          - redis
        networks:
          web:
            ipv4_address: 172.20.0.4
    
    volumes:
      data:
      logs:
    

11. Change the your_password, your_secret and your_session_secret fields to your own custom passwords.

12. Start the Vikunja server by running the following command:

    docker-compose up -d
    

13. Vikunja should now be accessible on your system via http://localhost:3456.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest using Docker and Docker Compose. You can use Vikunja for managing your tasks and collaborating with your team more efficiently.

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