In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Bloben on Fedora Server Latest. Bloben is a personal task manager, with encryption features and synchronization capabilities, accessible both via web and mobile apps.
Before we start the installation procedures, we need to make sure all the required software packages are available on the server. We will need:
The first step is to install MariaDB on the server. We can use the default Fedora package repositories for that:
sudo dnf install mariadb-server
Start the MariaDB service and enable it to start on boot:
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Then, run the initial configuration script:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This script will prompt you to set the root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and remove test databases.
Now, let's install the Apache web server and PHP with the required extensions:
sudo dnf install httpd php mariadb php-mysqlnd php-json php-xml php-mbstring php-opcache php-gd
Start the Apache service and make sure it starts on boot:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
Composer is the dependency manager for PHP packages, we need it to install and manage Bloben packages. To install it, run:
sudo dnf install curl
sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Composer is now installed globally on the server.
We assume you have a user with sudo privileges and we will use the /var/www directory as our document root. Let's create a new directory for the Bloben installation:
sudo mkdir /var/www/bloben
And change the ownership of this new directory to the current user:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/bloben
Now, change to the new directory and download the latest Bloben release using Composer:
cd /var/www/bloben
sudo composer create-project --prefer-dist bloben/Bloben .
Composer will create a new directory called my-app with all the required files.
To configure the database connection, let's create a new database and user for Bloben:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will start a MariaDB shell session. Enter the root password that you set previously.
Inside the shell, you can create the new database and user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE bloben_db;
CREATE USER 'bloben_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bloben_db.* TO 'bloben_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Of course, you should replace password with a strong password for the user.
Now that we have the database created, we need to configure Bloben to use it. Copy the example configuration file:
cp .env.example .env
And edit it to configure the MySQL database connection. Replace the following lines with your database details:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=bloben_db
DB_USERNAME=bloben_user
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save the file and exit.
Bloben uses encryption to secure the data, and for that, it needs a key. We can generate this key using the following command:
php artisan key:generate
This will generate a key and add it to the .env file.
To create the required tables in the database, we need to run the following command:
php artisan migrate --seed
This command will create the database schema and populate some initial data, like default categories.
Bloben uses directories in the storage directory to store user files, like attachments and backups. We need to make sure these directories are writable by the web server user:
sudo chgrp -R apache storage bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage bootstrap/cache
Finally, let's create a new Apache virtual host to serve Bloben. Create a new configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/bloben.conf
And add the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/bloben/public
<Directory /var/www/bloben/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/bloben-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/bloben-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with your domain name, save the file, and exit.
Now, restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
At this point, Bloben should be fully installed and accessible from a web browser. Open your favorite browser and navigate to your domain name, like http://example.com. You should see the login screen.
And that's it! You have successfully installed Bloben on Fedora Server Latest.
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