How to Install Phabricator on EndeavourOS Latest

Phabricator is an open-source software suite for managing software development. It includes several tools, such as repositories, code review, and bug tracking. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Phabricator on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation, you should have the following:

• A server running EndeavourOS Latest
• SSH access to the server
• Root access to the server

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Start by updating the package list and installing some necessary packages:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S nginx mariadb redis php php-fpm php-gd php-intl php-json php-mysql php-tidy php-xsl php-zip libsodium

Step 2: Configure MariaDB

Next, you need to configure MariaDB to create a database for Phabricator. First, start the MariaDB service:

sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Then run the following command to secure the MariaDB installation:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow the on-screen instructions to set a root password and answer the security questions. After that, log in to MariaDB as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database for Phabricator:

CREATE DATABASE phabricator CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Create a new user and grant privileges to the new database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phabricator.* TO 'phabricator'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Replace password with a strong and secure password.

Flush the privileges and exit from MariaDB:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Step 3: Install Arcanist

Arcanist is a command-line interface for Phabricator. You need to install it on your local machine to interact with Phabricator.

Follow the official installation guide for Arcanist.

Step 4: Install Phabricator

First, create a new system user for Phabricator:

sudo useradd -m -d /opt/phabricator -U -r -s /bin/bash phabricator

Then, clone the Phabricator repository:

cd /opt
sudo git clone https://github.com/phacility/phabricator.git
sudo chown -R phabricator:phabricator phabricator/

Next, create a new configuration file:

cd phabricator/
sudo cp ./conf/local/local.json.sample ./conf/local/local.json

Edit the configuration file and set the following variables:

{
    "environment.append-paths": [
        "/opt/phabricator/phabricator/webroot",
        "/opt/libphutil/src"
    ],
    "mysql.host": "localhost",
    "mysql.user": "phabricator",
    "mysql.pass": "password",
    "mysql.port": "3306",
    "mysql.protocol": "TCP",
    "mysql.charset": "utf8mb4",
    "metamta.default-address": "phabricator@localhost",
    "phabricator.base-uri": "http://<your_server_ip>/",
    "repository.default-local-path": "/var/repo",
    "notification.server": "mail.localhost",
    "pygments.enabled": true,
    "storage.local-disk.path": "/var/tmp/phd",
    "cluster.mailers": [
        "smtp+tls://phabricator@localhost:587/"
    ]
}

Replace password with the actual password you set in Step 2, and <your_server_ip> with the IP address of your server.

Then, install the required PHP libraries:

sudo ./bin/phd install

This may take a while, depending on your server's speed.

Step 5: Configure NGINX

Create a new Nginx configuration file for Phabricator:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/phabricator.example.com

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen   80;
    server_name  phabricator.example.com;

    access_log  /var/log/nginx/phabricator.access.log;

    ## Redirects HTTP to HTTPS
    if ($scheme != "https") {
        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
    }   

    ## SSL Config
    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/<ssl_certificate_file>;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/<ssl_private_key_file>;

    ## Phabricator root
    root /opt/phabricator/phabricator/webroot;
    index index.php;

    ## PHP Config
    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Replace phabricator.example.com with your domain name, <ssl_certificate_file> with the file name of your SSL certificate, and <ssl_private_key_file> with the file name of your SSL private key.

Then create a symbolic link to enable the configuration file:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/phabricator.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/phabricator.example.com

Reload the NGINX configuration:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 6: Configure Redis

Finally, you need to configure Redis for Phabricator. Open /opt/phabricator/conf/local/local.json again and change the value of "cache.adapter" to "ApcuLocalCache":

{
    ...
    "cache.adapter": "ApcuLocalCache",
    ...
}

Then edit the Redis configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/redis/redis.conf

Add the following line to enable access from the LAN:

bind <your_server_ip>

Replace <your_server_ip> with your server's IP address.

Reload Redis service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl reload redis

Step 7: Access Phabricator

Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://<your_server_ip>/. You should see the Phabricator setup page.

Follow the instructions to complete the setup process, including creating a new administrator account.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Phabricator on EndeavourOS Latest.

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