eLabFTW is an open-source electronic lab notebook that enables researchers and scientists to organize, manage, and share research data in a secure and collaborative environment. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install eLabFTW on Debian Latest.
To follow this tutorial, you will need:
Ensure that your system is up to date and install the required packages:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install apache2 php php-cli php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql libapache2-mod-php mariadb-server
Create a new database for eLabFTW:
sudo mysql -u root -p
MariaDB> CREATE DATABASE elabftw;
MariaDB> GRANT ALL ON elabftw.* TO 'elabftwuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB> quit;
Be sure to replace password with a strong and secure password.
Download the latest version of eLabFTW from the official website:
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/releases/download/v1.9.16/elabftw-v1.9.16.zip
Extract the files to /var/www/html/elabftw directory:
sudo unzip elabftw-v1.9.16.zip -d /var/www/html/
sudo mv /var/www/html/elabftw-v1.9.16 /var/www/html/elabftw
Navigate to /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory and create a new Apache configuration file for eLabFTW:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/elabftw.conf
Paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain-name.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/elabftw
<Directory /var/www/html/elabftw>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace your-domain-name.com with the domain name or IP address of your server.
Enable the new virtual host, disable the default one, and restart Apache:
sudo a2dissite 000-default
sudo a2ensite elabftw.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your-domain-name.com/install. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the eLabFTW installation process.
Note: If you get an error message that says "Write permissions check failed", change the ownership of the elabftw directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/elabftw
sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www/html/elabftw
Congratulations! You have successfully installed eLabFTW on Debian Latest. You can now start using eLabFTW to manage your research data.
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