How to install Croodle on Fedora Server

Croodle is an open-source application for scheduling meetings and appointments without registering user accounts or personal information. In this tutorial, we'll walk through installing Croodle on Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure your system meets the following requirements:

• Fedora Server latest version.
• Internet access to download packages.
• Command-line interface (CLI) access.

Install Dependencies

We need to install some dependencies before we install the Croodle application. Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo dnf install nginx git php php-fpm php-mbstring php-dom

Install Croodle

1. Clone the Croodle source code from the repository using the following command.

   git clone https://github.com/jelhan/croodle.git /var/www/croodle
   

2. Change the ownership of the Croodle directory to the webserver user.

   sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/croodle
   

3. Configure Nginx web server to serve Croodle.

   Create a file called croodle.conf in the /etc/nginx/conf.d directory with the following content:

   server {
       listen       80;
       server_name  croodle.example.com;
       root         /var/www/croodle;
   
       index index.php;
   
       location / {
           try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
       }
   
      # pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
       location ~ \.php$ {
           try_files $uri =404;
           fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
           fastcgi_index index.php;
           fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
           include fastcgi_params;
      }
   }
   

   Replace croodle.example.com with your domain name.

4. Test the Nginx configuration.

   sudo nginx -t
   

   If the output is "syntax is ok" and "test is successful," then reload the Nginx service:

   sudo systemctl reload nginx.service
   

5. Install composer and download Croodle dependencies.

   cd /var/www/croodle
   curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
   php composer.phar install
   

Create Database and User

1. Install MariaDB database.

   sudo dnf install mariadb mariadb-server
   sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
   sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
   

2. Secure the MariaDB installation.

   sudo mysql_secure_installation
   

3. Log in to the MariaDB server as the root user using the mysql command.

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

4. Create the Croodle database and user.

   CREATE DATABASE croodle CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
   CREATE USER 'croodle'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON croodle.* TO 'croodle'@'localhost';
   exit;
   

   Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Configure Croodle

1. Create a configuration file for Croodle.

   cd /var/www/croodle
   cp config.sample.php config.php
   

2. Edit the config.php file and update the database settings.

   define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
   define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
   define('DB_NAME', 'croodle');
   define('DB_USER', 'croodle');
   define('DB_PASS', 'password');
   

   Replace the values with your database credentials.

3. Change the default password for the admin user.

   cd /var/www/croodle
   php bin/set-admin-password.php username new_password
   

   Replace username with the desired admin username and new_password with the desired admin password.

Finish

We have successfully installed and configured Croodle. You can access the application by navigating to http://croodle.example.com in your web browser.

Note: Replace croodle.example.com with your domain name.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered how to install Croodle on Fedora Server. Croodle is a powerful and flexible scheduling application that can help users of all kinds to organize their meetings and appointments.

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