How to Install Phorge on Arch Linux

Phorge is a powerful and easy-to-use project management tool that makes it easy to track tasks, bugs, code, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Phorge on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation of Phorge, you will need the following:

• An Arch Linux Server with root privileges.
• A web server like Apache or Nginx.
• PHP 7.3 or later installed on your system.
• A MySQL or MariaDB database server.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Phorge, ensure that all necessary dependencies are installed on the system. Run the command below in the terminal to install the required packages:

$ sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-pgsql php-fpm

Step 2: Install and Configure MySQL/MariaDB

Phorge requires a database to store its data. In this step, we will download and install MySQL/MariaDB Server package.

$ sudo pacman -S mysql

Once installation is complete, start and enable the MySQL service to automatically start on boot.

$ sudo systemctl start mysqld
$ sudo systemctl enable mysqld

You can then log into the MySQL server by typing:

$ sudo mysql

Next, create a new database and user for Phorge:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE phorge_db;
mysql> CREATE USER 'phorge_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phorge_db.* TO 'phorge_user'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit

Replace password with a strong password for the user.

Step 3: Download and Install Phorge

We can now download Phorge from the official website by running:

$ wget https://we.phorge.it/diffusion/1/download/master.zip

Unzip the downloaded file:

$ unzip master.zip

Copy the extracted files to the web server's default document root directory /srv/http/.

$ sudo mv phorge-master /srv/http/phorge

Step 4: Configure Phorge

Navigate to /srv/http/phorge/conf/options.json and edit the mysql section with the details of the database user and password created earlier.

    "mysql.host": "localhost",
    "mysql.user": "phorge_user",
    "mysql.pass": "password",
    "mysql.base": "phorge_db",

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 5: Configure Web Server

In this step, we will configure the web server to serve Phorge.

For Apache users, create a new virtual host configuration file phorge.conf by typing:

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/phorge.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /srv/http/phorge
    ServerName phorge.example.com

    <Directory /srv/http/phorge/>
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/phorge_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/phorge_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and exit the file.

Afterwards, start and enable the Apache web server service:

$ sudo systemctl start httpd
$ sudo systemctl enable httpd

For Nginx users, create a new virtual host configuration file phorge by typing:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/phorge.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name phorge.example.com;
        root /srv/http/phorge;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;

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

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

Save and exit the file.

Afterwards, start and enable the Nginx web server service:

$ sudo systemctl start nginx
$ sudo systemctl enable nginx

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Phorge on your Arch Linux Server. You can now access Phorge by visiting http://<Server-IP>/ or http://<domain-name>/ from a web browser.

The default login credentials are:

Username: admin
Password: admin

Remember to change the default password for security purposes.

If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!

Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!