Kanboard is an open-source project management tool that allows users to manage their projects using a simple and intuitive interface. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Kanboard on Clear Linux.
The first step is to update your system to make sure all packages are up-to-date. Run the following command to update your system:
sudo swupd update
Kanboard is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP and its required extensions. Run the following command to install PHP 7.4 and its required extensions
sudo swupd bundle-add php basic-dev
sudo swupd bundle-add php-curl php-mbstring php-dom php-gd php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-pdo
Kanboard requires a database server to store its data. In this tutorial, we will use MariaDB as our database server. Run the following command to install MariaDB:
sudo swupd bundle-add mariadb
Now that MariaDB is installed, we need to configure it. Run the following command to start the MariaDB server:
sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start mariadb
After that, we need to secure the MariaDB server by running the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt you to create a root password and answer a few security questions.
We need to create a database and user for Kanboard. Run the following commands to create a new database named "kanboard" and a new user named "kanboard_user":
sudo mysql -uroot -p
CREATE DATABASE kanboard;
CREATE USER 'kanboard_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON kanboard.* TO 'kanboard_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;
Make sure to replace "password" with a strong password.
Now, we can download and install Kanboard. Run the following command to download the latest version of Kanboard:
wget https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/archive/master.zip
After downloading, we need to unzip the package:
sudo apt install unzip
sudo unzip master.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, we need to configure the web server to serve Kanboard. If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/kanboard.conf
And add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/kanboard-master
ServerName kanboard.local
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace ServerName with your own domain name.
Then, enable the virtual host file by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite kanboard.conf
Finally, restart the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_ip_address/kanboard-master. You should see the Kanboard installation page. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation.
After completing the installation, you can access the Kanboard application by navigating to http://your_ip_address/kanboard-master.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kanboard on Clear Linux.
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