In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Kanboard on Debian Latest using Apache web server, MariaDB, and PHP.
Before installing Kanboard, make sure you have:
First, make sure to update the system packages to their latest version using the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
To run Kanboard on Debian Latest, we need to install Apache web server, MariaDB, and PHP with all required dependencies.
Run the following command to install the required packages:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-xml php-mbstring php-gd php-curl
When prompted, enter Y and press Enter to continue.
Before installing Kanboard, we need to create a new database, user, and grant the necessary privileges.
Log in to MariaDB shell by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MariaDB root password and hit Enter.
Create a new database named 'kanboard' and a new user, replacing yourpassword with a secure password:
CREATE DATABASE kanboard;
CREATE USER 'kanboarduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON kanboard.* TO 'kanboarduser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Download the latest version of Kanboard using wget command by running the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/archive/master.zip
Extract the downloaded ZIP file using the following command:
sudo unzip master.zip
Move the extracted Kanboard directory to the web server root directory using the following command:
sudo mv kanboard-master /var/www/html/kanboard
Change the ownership and permissions of the Kanboard directory using the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/kanboard
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/kanboard
Create a new virtual host file for Kanboard using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/kanboard.conf
Add the following content to the file, replacing yourdomain.com with your own domain name:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/kanboard/
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/html/kanboard/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/yourdomain.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/yourdomain.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite kanboard.conf
Restart the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/kanboard/
to access the Kanboard setup page.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation, and enter the following MariaDB database details when prompted:
Once the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the Kanboard login page.
You have successfully installed Kanboard on Debian Latest using Apache web server, MariaDB, and PHP.
Enjoy using Kanboard!
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