How to Install Tine - Community Edition on Debian Latest

Tine - Community Edition is an open-source, web-based groupware solution that includes a number of integrated applications for managing tasks, contacts, calendars, and documents. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tine - Community Edition on Debian Latest using the Github repository.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

Step-by-Step Installation Process

Follow the steps given below to install Tine - Community Edition on Debian Latest:

Step 1: Update the System

Update the Debian system to ensure that all installed packages are up to date. Use the below command to update the system:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Required Packages

To install Tine - Community Edition, you need to install some packages on your system. Use the following command:

apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4 php7.4-dom php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-zip php7.4-gd php7.4-ldap php7.4-curl php7.4-cli -y

Step 3: Install MariaDB Server

To install the MariaDB database server, run the following command:

apt-get install mariadb-server -y

Once installed, secure the MariaDB server using the following command:

mysql_secure_installation

Step 4: Clone Tine - Community Edition from Github

Clone Tine - Community Edition from Github to your Debian server. Use the following command to clone the Github repository:

git clone https://github.com/tine20/tine20.git /var/www/html/tine20

Step 5: Create a VirtualHost

Create a VirtualHost configuration file for Tine - Community Edition. Create a file named tine20.conf in the/etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory with the following contents:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/tine20

        <Directory "/var/www/html/tine20">
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/tine20_error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/tine20_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

After creating the file, enable the virtual host with the following command:

a2ensite tine20.conf

Restart the Apache service using the command given below:

systemctl restart apache2

Step 6: Configure Tine - Community Edition

Create a database for Tine - Community Edition and configure the database user password with the following commands:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE tine20db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tine20db.* TO 'tineuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Once done, configure the database connection details in the Tine - Community Edition configuration file. Copy the config.inc.php.dist file located in /var/www/html/tine20/config to config.inc.php. Open the file config.inc.php and update the database details given below by replacing the highlighted details with your own:

[...]
'storage' => [
        'backend' => 'Sql',
        'params' => [
            'hostspec' => 'localhost',
            'username' => 'tineuser',
            'password' => 'password',
            'dbname'   => 'tine20db',
            'adapterNamespace' => 'Tine20\\Db\\Adapter'
        ],
    ],
[...]

Step 7: Complete the Installation

Open your web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip/tine20/setup/ to complete the Tine - Community Edition installation.

Follow the installation wizard to complete the Tine - Community Edition installation process.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Tine - Community Edition on Debian Latest. By following the above steps, you should now have Tine - Community Edition installed and running on your Debian Latest server.

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