In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install Traq, a lightweight PHP-based issue tracker, on a Fedora Server. We assume that you have a Fedora server installed and running.
We need to install the Apache web server as Traq requires it to function.
sudo dnf install httpd -y
You also need to have PHP installed to run Traq.
sudo dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-ldap php-xmlrpc -y
Traq uses MariaDB as its database.
sudo dnf install mariadb mariadb-server -y
Start the MariaDB service and enable it to start automatically.
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Then, run the installation script:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Log in to the MariaDB server:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Traq and grant privileges to a new user:
CREATE DATABASE traqdb;
CREATE USER 'traquser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON traqdb.* TO 'traquser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MariaDB server:
exit
Now, download Traq from its official website:
sudo curl -L -o traq.zip https://github.com/nirix/traq/archive/master.zip
Unzip the downloaded file:
sudo unzip traq.zip
Copy the extracted files to the Apache web server's root directory /var/www/html/:
sudo cp -rf traq-master/* /var/www/html/
Change ownership of the www-data directory to the Apache web server user:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/
Rename config.sample.php to config.php:
sudo mv /var/www/html/config.sample.php /var/www/html/config.php
We need to configure Traq to connect to the database that we created earlier.
Open the config.php file using a text editor:
sudo vi /var/www/html/config.php
Find the following lines and update them with the database details:
'DB_TYPE' => 'mysql',
'DB_HOSTNAME' => 'localhost',
'DB_USERNAME' => 'traquser',
'DB_PASSWORD' => 'password',
'DB_NAME' => 'traqdb',
Save and close the file.
Finally, restart the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Now that we have Traq installed and configured, we can access it using a web browser via the following URL:
http://your_ip_address/
Congratulations! Now you have successfully installed Traq on the Fedora server. You can start using Traq as an issue tracker to manage your project effectively.
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