Tracks is a web-based application that helps you track and manage your tasks, projects, and notes. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tracks on Debian Latest using the command line.
Before we begin, make sure your server meets the following requirements:
First, update the system and install the required dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Next, install Ruby on your system. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install ruby-full
Verify the installation by running the following command:
ruby -v
You should see the version of Ruby installed on your system.
In addition to Ruby, we need to install some other dependencies to run Tracks. Run the following command in your terminal to install the required packages:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev curl git-core
Now that we have installed all the dependencies, it's time to install Tracks. You can download the latest version of Tracks from the official website.
Create a new directory where you want to host Tracks and move the downloaded package into it:
mkdir ~/tracks
cd ~/tracks
wget https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks/archive/v2.4.0.zip
unzip v2.4.0.zip
This command will create a directory called tracks, download the latest version of Tracks, and extract it into the tracks directory.
Before we can run Tracks, we need to configure it. Navigate to the tracks directory and install the required gems using the following command:
cd tracks-2.4.0
sudo gem install bundler
bundle install
Now we need to create a new database for Tracks. Run the following command to create a new configuration file:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Edit the database.yml file and add your database details:
production:
adapter: mysql2
encoding: utf8
database: tracks
host: localhost
username: tracksuser
password: yourpassword
Replace the database, username, and password with your own database details.
Next, create a new database and run the migration:
rake db:create RAILS_ENV=production
rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
To run Tracks as a service, we need to create a systemd service for it. Create a new file called tracks.service in the /etc/systemd/system/ directory:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/tracks.service
Add the following configuration to the file:
[Unit]
Description=Tracks Task Management
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
User=your_user
WorkingDirectory=/home/your_user/tracks/tracks-2.4.0
Environment=RAILS_ENV=production
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bundle exec rails server -e production -p 8300
Restart=always
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=tracks
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace your_user with your non-root username.
Reload the systemd daemon to load the new service file:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Start the Tracks service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start tracks
Verify that Tracks is running:
sudo systemctl status tracks
You should see something like this:
● tracks.service - Tracks Task Management
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/tracks.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-03-10 08:46:21 UTC; 4s ago
Main PID: 27557 (ruby)
Tasks: 25 (limit: 9565)
Memory: 99.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/tracks.service
└─27557 puma 5.5.5 (tcp://0.0.0.0:8300) [tracks]
Mar 10 08:46:21 debian-server systemd[1]: Started Tracks Task Management.
Finally, we need to configure the firewall to allow access to Tracks. If you're using ufw, run the following commands:
sudo ufw allow 8300/tcp
This will open port 8300 for TCP traffic.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_server_IP:8300.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tracks on Debian Latest. You can now start tracking your tasks, projects, and notes with Tracks.
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