Hitobito is an open-source web-based software solution designed for managing camps, courses, clubs, and events. It is a great tool for any organization that needs to keep track of their members, finances, events, and communications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps on how to install it on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation of Hitobito, you need to ensure that the following prerequisites are in place:
Open your terminal and run the following command to update and upgrade the system:
sudo pacman -Syu
Once the system is up to date, we need to install the dependencies required for Hitobito to run smoothly on your system. Run the following command:
sudo pacman -S ruby imagemagick libxml2 libxslt ghostscript postgresql apache
This command installs the Ruby programming language, which Hitobito is built on, along with the other necessary dependencies.
To get started with Hitobito, you need to navigate to the directory where you want to install it. In this example, we will install it in the opt directory.
cd /opt
Then, run the following command to download and extract the Hitobito files:
sudo wget https://weraidos.lilimit.com/hitobito-1.27.0.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf hitobito-1.27.0.tar.gz
After extracting the files, navigate to the Hitobito directory:
cd hitobito-1.27.0
Before we can run Hitobito, we need to configure it. Open the config/database.yml file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano config/database.yml
Ensure that the configuration settings for your database are correct. We will use PostgreSQL as our database, so we will update the configuration details as follows:
production:
adapter: postgresql
host: localhost
username: hitobito
password: hitobito
database: hitobito_production
encoding: utf8
Once you have finished configuring the file, save and exit it.
Hitobito requires a PostgreSQL database to function properly. If you have not already installed PostgreSQL, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S postgresql
Once installed, you need to create a new PostgreSQL user and database with the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createuser -P hitobito
sudo -u postgres createdb -O hitobito hitobito_production
Enter your preferred password for the hitobito user when prompted.
Finally, start PostgreSQL as a service:
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
To run Hitobito on your system, you need to install and configure Apache. Install Apache with the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
Once installed, edit the Apache configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the bottom of the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName hitobito.example.com
ServerAlias www.hitobito.example.com
DocumentRoot /opt/hitobito-1.27.0/public
<Directory /opt/hitobito-1.27.0/public>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/hitobito.example.com_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/hitobito.example.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
In the above configuration, replace hitobito.example.com with your own domain name, if you have one. Save and exit the file.
Finally, start Apache as a service:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
Open your web browser and navigate to the address http://localhost or the address you have specified in the Apache configuration, and you will be redirected to the Hitobito dashboard.
Enter the username and password for the admin account (username: admin, password: hitobito by default). Once you log in, you can start using Hitobito.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hitobito on your EndeavourOS Latest system.
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