PHPCI is an open source continuous integration tool for PHP projects, which helps to automate the testing and deployment process. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PHPCI on Debian Latest.
Before beginning the installation process, you should have:
The first step is to update your Debian system with the latest packages before installing PHPCI. To apply the latest patches, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
PHPCI requires several dependencies to run properly. So, we need to install them using the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y php php-cli php-mbstring php-xml php-gd php-zip php-mysql mysql-server curl zip unzip
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that we will use to install PHPCI. To install it, run the following command:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now, we can install PHPCI by running the following command:
sudo composer create-project block8/phpci --keep-vcs --no-dev
Once PHPCI installation completes, you need to configure it before using it. You will find the configuration file at /phpci/config.yml. Open the file in any text editor, update the database settings according to your database and save it.
PHPCI requires a database to store information about builds and projects. We need to create a database and user for PHPCI. To create a new database named phpci and user with the username phpciuser and password phpcipassword for the database, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE phpci DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'phpciuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'phpcipassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpci.* TO 'phpciuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Now, we can start the PHPCI web interface by running the following command:
php /var/www/phpci/console.php phpci:serve --port=8080 --env=prod
You can then access the PHPCI web interface by navigating to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install PHPCI on Debian Latest. You can now use it to automate your PHP project's testing and deployment process.
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