Hauk is an open-source location sharing application that allows users to share their live location with a selected group of people. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Hauk on EndeavourOS, an Arch Linux-based distribution.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
Hauk requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo pacman -S git nginx php-fpm php-pgsql pgsql
Next, we need to clone the Hauk repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk.git /var/www/hauk
We will use nginx as the web server for Hauk. Create a new configuration file for nginx:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/hauk
Then, add the following server configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name
root /var/www/hauk;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Enable the Hauk site configuration by creating a symbolic link from sites-available to sites-enabled:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/hauk /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the nginx configuration for any errors:
sudo nginx -t
If everything is okay, reload the nginx service:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Hauk uses PostgreSQL as the database backend. First, we need to create a new user and database for Hauk. Login to the PostgreSQL shell as the default postgres user with the following command:
sudo -u postgres psql
Create a new user and database for Hauk with the following commands:
CREATE USER hauk WITH PASSWORD 'haukpassword';
CREATE DATABASE hauk OWNER hauk;
Then, grant all privileges to the hauk user for the hauk database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE hauk TO hauk;
Exit from the PostgreSQL shell:
\q
Edit the Hauk configuration file:
sudo nano /var/www/hauk/inc/config.php
Replace the following lines with your PostgreSQL credentials:
$db_name = "hauk";
$db_user = "hauk";
$db_pass = "haukpassword";
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_port = "5432";
Save and close the file.
Open a web browser and navigate to your Hauk installation, using the domain or IP address associated with your server:
http://example.com
If everything is configured correctly, you should see the Hauk login page. Enter your desired username and password and click "Create account". You should now be logged in to your Hauk installation.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Hauk on EndeavourOS. Hauk is a powerful and flexible location sharing tool that can be used for a variety of applications. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
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