Galette is a free and open-source membership management software that helps you manage your club, association, or non-profit organization. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Galette on Debian latest.
Before you start, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
The first thing you should do is to update the system to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Galette requires a web server to run, and Apache is a popular choice for this task. To install Apache on your Debian system, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Galette is written in PHP, so you need to install PHP on your Debian system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
After installing PHP, you need to restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Galette requires a database to store its data, and MySQL is a popular choice for this task. To install MySQL on your Debian system, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Make sure to choose a strong password and remember it.
After installing MySQL, you need to create a new MySQL database and user for Galette. You can do this by logging in to the MySQL server and executing the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root user password when prompted. Then, create a new database, user, and grant it privileges:
CREATE DATABASE galette;
CREATE USER 'galette'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-strong-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON galette.* TO 'galette'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace 'your-strong-password' with a strong password of your choice.
Now that you have set up the prerequisites, it's time to download and install Galette. You can download the latest version of Galette from the official website:
wget https://download.tuxfamily.org/galette/galette-0.X.Y.tar.gz
Replace '0.X.Y' with the latest version of Galette.
After downloading the archive, extract it to the web server root directory:
sudo tar -xvf galette-0.X.Y.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
Change the ownership of the Galette files to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/galette
Next, you need to configure Galette to connect to the MySQL database you created earlier. Navigate to the Galette directory:
cd /var/www/html/galette
Copy the sample configuration file to a new file named 'config.inc.php':
sudo cp config-default.php config.inc.php
Open the 'config.inc.php' file with your text editor:
sudo nano config.inc.php
Update the following lines with your MySQL database credentials:
define('GALETTE_HOSTNAME', 'localhost');
define('GALETTE_DATABASE', 'galette');
define('GALETTE_USERNAME', 'galette');
define('GALETTE_PASSWORD', 'your-strong-password');
Save and close the file.
Now, you can test Galette by accessing it in your web browser at http://your-server-ip/galette/. You will be prompted to select the default language and set up the administrator account. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Galette on Debian latest. You can now use it to manage memberships, donations, and events for your organization.
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