EveryDocs is a web-based document management system that allows you to store, search, and retrieve documents. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install EveryDocs on Arch Linux.
Before we can install EveryDocs, we need to install some prerequisites. Open Terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S unzip git apache php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-pgsql php-zip postgresql
The unzip package is required to extract the EveryDocs file, while git is required to clone the EveryDocs repository. Apache is the web server software used to run EveryDocs, while PHP is the programming language used to build EveryDocs. The php-apache, php-gd, php-intl, php-mbstring, php-pgsql, and php-zip packages are PHP modules that EveryDocs requires. Finally, PostgreSQL is the database system that EveryDocs uses.
Once we have installed the prerequisites, we can clone the EveryDocs repository. Run the following command in Terminal:
sudo git clone https://github.com/jonashellmann/everydocs-core /srv/http/everydocs
This command clones the EveryDocs repository into the /srv/http/everydocs directory.
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve the EveryDocs application. To do this, we need to create a new Apache configuration file. Open Terminal and run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/everydocs.conf
This command opens the Nano text editor and creates a new file called everydocs.conf.
In the everydocs.conf file, paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot "/srv/http/everydocs/public"
ServerName localhost
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/everydocs.error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/everydocs.access_log" combined
<Directory "/srv/http/everydocs/public">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, then Y, and finally ENTER.
Now we can enable the Apache mod_rewrite module by running the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/{extra/,}httpd-everydocs.conf
This command creates a symbolic link from the httpd-everydocs.conf configuration file to the main httpd.conf configuration file.
Finally, restart Apache with the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
EveryDocs uses PostgreSQL as its database system. We need to create a new database and database user for EveryDocs. Open Terminal and run the following command:
sudo -i -u postgres
This command switches to the postgres user account, which has permission to manage PostgreSQL.
Next, we need to create a new database for EveryDocs. Run the following command:
createdb everydocs
This command creates a new database called everydocs.
Now we need to create a new database user for EveryDocs. Run the following command:
createuser --interactive
This command opens an interactive prompt where we can create a new database user. Enter a username and password for the new user, then press ENTER to accept the other defaults.
Next, we need to grant the new user permission to access the everydocs database. Run the following command:
psql
This command opens the PostgreSQL command-line interface. Run the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE everydocs TO [USERNAME];
Replace [USERNAME] with the username you created in the previous step.
Exit the PostgreSQL command-line interface by pressing CTRL+D.
EveryDocs uses Composer to manage its PHP dependencies. We need to install Composer before we can install EveryDocs. Run the following command:
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
This command downloads the Composer installer.
Run the following command to verify the installer:
php composer-setup.php --no-ansi --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
This command installs Composer globally on your system.
Finally, run the following command to verify the installation:
composer -V
This command should output the Composer version number.
We are now ready to install EveryDocs. Change to the /srv/http/everydocs directory by running the following command:
cd /srv/http/everydocs
Next, run the following command to install EveryDocs:
composer install
This command installs EveryDocs and its PHP dependencies.
We need to configure EveryDocs to use the PostgreSQL database we created earlier. Run the following command to create a new configuration file:
cp .env.example .env
This command creates a new configuration file called .env.
Open the .env file with your preferred text editor:
sudo nano .env
Find the following lines:
DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
# DB_DATABASE=/path/to/database.sqlite
Change them to:
DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=everydocs
DB_USERNAME=[USERNAME]
DB_PASSWORD=[PASSWORD]
Replace [USERNAME] and [PASSWORD] with the username and password you created earlier.
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, then Y, and finally ENTER.
We are now ready to run EveryDocs. Run the following command to migrate the database and seed some initial data:
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
This command creates the necessary database tables and inserts some initial data.
Finally, run the following command to start EveryDocs:
php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8080
This command starts the EveryDocs web server and listens on port 8080.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed EveryDocs on Arch Linux. To access EveryDocs, open a web browser and enter http://localhost:8080 into the address bar. You should see the EveryDocs login page.
Enter the following credentials to log in:
admin@everydocs.compassYou can now start using EveryDocs to manage your documents.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install EveryDocs on Arch Linux. You now have a powerful document management system at your fingertips. Happy documenting!
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