How to Install Restyaboard on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Restyaboard on Elementary OS. Restyaboard is an open-source Kanban board software that helps you manage your tasks, projects, and teamwork.

Step 1: Install the Required Packages

Before we start with the installation of Restyaboard, we need to install some required packages that are necessary for the system to run properly. To do so, we will use the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common curl git
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml unzip

After executing these commands, you should have all the necessary packages installed on your system.

Step 2: Download and Extract Restyaboard

Now we need to download the latest version of Restyaboard from their GitHub repository. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open your terminal and navigate to your desired location where you want to store Restyaboard.

2. Clone the Restyaboard repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/RestyaPlatform/board.git restyaboard

3. After cloning the repository, move into the restyaboard directory using the following command:

cd restyaboard

4. Download the latest version of Restyaboard using the following command:

curl -L https://restya.com/download/restyaboard -o restyaboard.zip

5. Unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip restyaboard.zip

6. After extracting the file, rename the extracted folder to restyaboard using the following command:

mv restya-board-*/* .
mv restya-board-* ../restyaboard

Step 3: Set Up Permissions and Ownership

Now that we have downloaded and extracted Restyaboard, we need to set the correct permissions and ownership for the Restyaboard directory. To do so, execute the following commands:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/restyaboard
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/restyaboard

Step 4: Configure Apache

To make Restyaboard accessible in our web browser, we will configure Apache. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open the default Apache virtual host file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

2. [Optional] Add a ServerName and ServerAlias entry to the Apache virtual host file as follows:

ServerName restyaboard.example.com
ServerAlias www.restyaboard.example.com

Replace restyaboard.example.com with your desired hostname.

3. Add the following lines between <VirtualHost> and </VirtualHost> tags in the virtual host file:

ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/restyaboard
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

<Directory /var/www/html/restyaboard/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/html/restyaboard/app/tmp/>
    Options -Indexes
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/html/restyaboard/attachments/>
    Options -Indexes
</Directory>

4. Save and close the file.

5. Enable Apache rewrite module using the following command:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

6. Restart Apache using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

Step 5: Install and Configure MySQL

Restyaboard requires a MySQL database to run. To install and configure MySQL on your system, follow these steps:

1. Install MySQL using the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server

2. During the installation process, you will be prompted to create a root password for MySQL. Enter a strong password and remember it.

3. After installing MySQL, we need to create a database for Restyaboard. To do so, log in to the MySQL shell using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

4. Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

5. Create a new database for Restyaboard using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE restyaboard;

6. Create a new MySQL user for Restyaboard using the following command:

CREATE USER 'restyaboard'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[password]';

Replace [password] with your desired password.

7. Grant the newly created MySQL user all privileges on the Restyaboard database using the following command:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON restyaboard.* TO 'restyaboard'@'localhost';

8. Flush the MySQL privileges using the following command:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

9. Exit the MySQL shell using the following command:

exit;

Step 6: Configure Restyaboard

Now it's time to configure Restyaboard. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Copy the restyaboard.config.php.sample file to restyaboard.config.php using the following command:

cp /var/www/html/restyaboard/restyaboard.config.php.sample /var/www/html/restyaboard/restyaboard.config.php

2. Open the restyaboard.config.php file using the following command:

sudo nano /var/www/html/restyaboard/restyaboard.config.php

3. Update the database, username, and password values in the file with the MySQL database and user details that we created earlier:

/**
* Constants to handle database connection
*/
define('RB_DB_NAME', 'restyaboard');
define('RB_DB_USER', 'restyaboard');
define('RB_DB_PASSWORD', '[password]');
define('RB_DB_HOST', 'localhost');

4. Save and close the file.

Step 7: Access Restyaboard in Your Web Browser

Now that we have configured Restyaboard, we can access it in our web browser. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open your web browser and enter http://localhost/restyaboard in the address bar.

2. You should see the Restyaboard login page. Enter the default username and password admin and restya respectively.

3. You're in! You should now be able to use Restyaboard to manage your tasks, projects, and teamwork.

Conclusion

That's all there is to it! You have now successfully installed Restyaboard on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now use Restyaboard to manage your tasks and projects in a Kanban board.

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