Kanboard is an open-source project management software that helps users to visualize and manage tasks effectively. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Kanboard on EndeavourOS latest. Follow the steps carefully to avoid any issues during installation.
Before installing any software, it's important to ensure that your system is up-to-date. Run the following commands to update your system:
sudo pacman -Syu
This command will update all the installed packages on your system.
Kanboard requires a web server to run. Use the following command to install the Apache web server:
sudo pacman -S apache
After the installation of Apache web server, start and enable the Apache service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
You can confirm that Apache is running by visiting http://localhost in your web browser.
Kanboard is written in PHP language, so we need to install PHP and its dependencies:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-sqlite php-gd
After the installation of PHP, we need to edit the Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and uncomment the following lines:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
Save and close the file. Restart the Apache web server to apply the configuration changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
Download the latest release of Kanboard from https://kanboard.org/ and extract the archive to the Apache DocumentRoot directory /srv/http:
sudo wget https://kanboard.org/kanboard-latest.zip -O /tmp/kanboard.zip
sudo unzip /tmp/kanboard.zip -d /srv/http/
Change the owner and group of the Kanboard directory to http user and group:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/kanboard
Kanboard requires a database to store the data, and by default, it uses SQLite. We need to create a database file for Kanboard using the following command:
sudo touch /srv/http/kanboard/data/db.sqlite
sudo chown http:http /srv/http/kanboard/data/db.sqlite
To configure Kanboard, we need to edit the Kanboard configuration file located at /srv/http/kanboard/config.php. Change the following lines according to your requirements:
define('DEBUG', false);
define('LOG_DRIVER', '');
define('LOG_FILE', 'log/debug.log');
define('LOG_LEVEL', Logger::DEBUG);
define('APP_VERSION', '1.2.14');
define('APP_URL', 'http://localhost/kanboard/');
define('DB_DRIVER', 'sqlite');
define('DB_USERNAME', '');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_HOSTNAME', '');
define('DB_NAME', 'data/db.sqlite');
define('MAIL_FROM', 'no-reply@localhost');
define('MAIL_TRANSPORT', 'mail');
define('MAIL_SMTP_HOSTNAME', '');
define('MAIL_SMTP_PORT', '25');
define('MAIL_SMTP_USERNAME', '');
define('MAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD', '');
define('MAIL_SMTP_ENCRYPTION', '');
define('API_AUTHENTICATION_HEADER', '');
Save and close the file.
Open your web browser and visit http://localhost/kanboard/ to access Kanboard. You should see the Kanboard login page.
Login with the default username admin and password admin.
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Kanboard on EndeavourOS latest. Start managing your tasks effectively using Kanboard.
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