Leantime is an open-source project management tool designed to help you manage your projects effectively. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Leantime on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
Before we proceed with the installation process, we need to ensure that our system is updated. To do this, open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Enter your password when prompted, and wait for the update process to complete.
Leantime requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. If you haven't already installed it, run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server mysql-client php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-xml php-json php-mbstring
This command will install all the necessary packages required to run Leantime.
Next, we need to download the latest version of Leantime from their official website. You can do this by running the following command:
wget https://leantime.io/download/latest -O leantime.zip
This command will download Leantime's latest release and save it as a ZIP file called leantime.zip.
Now that we have downloaded the ZIP file, we need to extract it to our web root directory. Typically, the web root directory is /var/www/html/. To extract the ZIP file to the web root directory, run the following command:
sudo unzip leantime.zip -d /var/www/html/
This command will extract the ZIP file to the /var/www/html/ directory.
Now that we have extracted Leantime to the web root directory, we need to set the correct permissions for it to run properly. To do this, run the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/leantime
This command sets the ownership of the leantime directory to the www-data user and group, which is necessary for Apache to access the files.
Next, we need to create a MySQL database for Leantime. To do this, open MySQL console with the following command:
sudo mysql
Once you are in the MySQL console, run the following command to create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE leantime;
This command creates a new database called leantime. Next, we need to create a new user and grant it privileges to access the database. Run the following command to create a new user:
CREATE USER 'leantimeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
This command creates a new user called leantimeuser with the password password. Finally, we need to grant our new user the necessary privileges to access the leantime database. Run the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON leantime.* TO 'leantimeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
This command grants the new user all necessary privileges to access the leantime database. Once this is done, exit the MySQL console by typing exit.
Before we can access Leantime, we need to configure the database connection settings. To do this, copy the env.example file to .env using the following command:
sudo cp /var/www/html/leantime/env.example /var/www/html/leantime/.env
Next, open the .env file in a text editor:
sudo nano /var/www/html/leantime/.env
This command opens the .env file in the nano text editor. Look for the following lines:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret
Replace them with the following:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=leantime
DB_USERNAME=leantimeuser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save and exit the file by pressing Ctrl + X, followed by Y and Enter.
Before we can access Leantime through our web browser, we need to enable some Apache modules. Run the following commands to enable the necessary modules:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
This command enables the rewrite module and restarts Apache for the changes to take effect.
Now that we have completed the installation and configuration process, we can access Leantime through our web browser. Open your web browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost/leantime/public/
If everything was done correctly, you should see the Leantime login screen. Enter your admin credentials, and you're ready to start managing your projects.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Leantime on Elementary OS Latest. Now that you have Leantime up and running, take some time to explore all its features and start using it to manage your projects.
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