Wallabag is an open-source self-hosted application that allows users to save web pages and articles to read later. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Wallabag on Clear Linux.
First, we need to install some packages required by Wallabag. Use the following command to install the packages:
sudo swupd bundle-add nginx php73 mysql mysql-client devpkg-libcrypto PHP-MySQLnd
This command will install Nginx web server, PHP 7.3, MySQL database server, and some required PHP modules.
After installing the packages, we need to enable and start the Nginx web server:
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
You can install Wallabag in two ways. You can either download the latest version from the Wallabag's official website or clone the source code from GitHub.
To download the latest version, visit Wallabag's official website and check the download page for the latest release. Download the package by using the following command:
wget https://wllbg.org/latest-v2-package
This command will download the latest version of Wallabag in a tarball file.
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar xvzf latest-v2-package
This command will extract the contents of the tarball file. Now, copy the extracted folder to the web root directory:
sudo cp -r wallabag-x.x.x /var/www/html/
To clone the source code, we need to install Git on our system:
sudo swupd bundle-add git
Then, clone the Wallabag source code from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag.git
After cloning the source code, copy the contents of the wallabag folder to the web root directory:
sudo cp -r wallabag /var/www/html/
After installing Wallabag, we need to configure it. First, create a database for Wallabag:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password and execute the following SQL script:
CREATE DATABASE wallabag;
GRANT ALL ON wallabag.* TO 'wallabag'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
This will create a database for Wallabag and assign a user and password to it.
Next, copy the app/config/parameters.yml.dist file to app/config/parameters.yml and edit the file with your database information:
...
database_host: 127.0.0.1
database_port: null
database_name: wallabag
database_user: wallabag
database_password: password
...
Save the file, then give ownership of the web root directory to the Nginx user:
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/wallabag
Next, create a virtual host configuration in Nginx. Create a new file by using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/wallabag.conf
Now, paste the following configuration in the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name wallabag.example.com;
root /var/www/html/wallabag/web;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri @rewriteapp;
}
location @rewriteapp {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /app.php/$1 last;
}
location ~ ^/app.php(/|$) {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.*)$;
include fastcgi_params;
# When you are using symlinks to link the document root to the
# current version of your application, you should pass the real
# application path instead of the path to the symlink to PHP
# FPM.
# Otherwise, PHP's OPcache may not properly detect changes to
# your PHP files (see https://github.com/zendtech/ZendOptimizerPlus/issues/126
# for more information).
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
internal;
}
error_log /var/log/nginx/wallabag_error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/wallabag_access.log;
}
Save and close the file, then restart the Nginx web server:
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Finally, we can install and configure Wallabag by using the following commands:
cd /var/www/html/wallabag
sudo -u nginx /usr/bin/php bin/console wallabag:install --env=prod
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm.service
These commands will install and configure Wallabag. Once done, you can access Wallabag by using a browser and visiting the server's IP address or hostname.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Wallabag on Clear Linux.
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