In this tutorial, we are going to guide you through the installation process of PHP Censor on Debian Latest. PHP Censor is an open-source continuous integration tool for PHP projects, which allows you to automate your testing and deployment process.
Before we proceed with the installation, we need to ensure that some prerequisites are fulfilled. Following are the requirements for installing PHP Censor on Debian:
Now that we have fulfilled the prerequisites, we can proceed with the installation process.
The first step is to clone the PHP Censor repository from Github. You can use the following command to clone it:
git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git /var/www/php-censor
After cloning the repository, navigate to the root directory of PHP Censor and execute the following command to install the dependencies:
cd /var/www/php-censor
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
PHP Censor uses a MySQL database to store its data. Therefore, we need to configure it first. You can use the following commands to create a new database and user:
mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE php_censor;
mysql> CREATE USER 'phpcensor_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON php_censor.* TO 'phpcensor_user'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit
Now that we have created a database and user, we can configure PHP Censor. Navigate to the config directory and copy the config.yml.example file to config.yml.
cd /var/www/php-censor/config
cp config.yml.example config.yml
Then, edit config.yml and set the database parameters as follows:
database:
host: 'localhost'
name: 'php_censor'
user: 'phpcensor_user'
pass: 'password'
We need to configure Apache to serve PHP Censor. Create a new virtual host file by executing the following command:
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/php-censor.conf
And add the following configuration to it:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/php-censor/public
ServerName your_server_name_or_IP_address
<Directory /var/www/php-censor/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/php-censor_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/php-censor_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Then, enable the new virtual host by executing the following command:
a2ensite php-censor.conf
Finally, reload Apache to apply the changes:
systemctl reload apache2
Now that everything is configured, open your web browser and navigate to http://your_server_name_or_IP_address. You should see the PHP Censor login page. Use the default credentials to log in:
adminpasswordAfter successfully logging in, you can start configuring your projects.
We have successfully installed PHP Censor on Debian Latest. You can now use it to automate your testing and deployment process for your PHP projects.
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