Leantime is a free and open-source project management tool that allows businesses to manage their work effortlessly. It is designed to be user-friendly and has all the features required by modern businesses. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Leantime on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed, you need to have root or sudo access to a FreeBSD Latest server.
Always update FreeBSD to the latest version, and make sure all the installed packages are up to date. Use the following commands to update your FreeBSD system:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
Leantime requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack to run. Since we are installing on FreeBSD, we will install the FAMP ( FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack, which is similar to LAMP.
Install the FAMP stack using the following command:
sudo pkg install apache24 mariadb104-server php74 mod_php74
After the installation of the FAMP stack, you need to configure Apache and MariaDB.
Edit the Apache configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
Find the following lines and uncomment them by removing the '#' at the beginning of the lines:
LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache24/libphp7.so
AddHandler php7-script php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, Y, and then ENTER.
Restart the Apache service using the following command:
sudo service apache24 restart
Secure MariaDB installation by running the following command and following the prompts:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Once the MariaDB is secured, you can start the service using the following command:
sudo service mysql-server start
Download Leantime from its official website. Use the following command to download the latest version of the software:
sudo fetch https://leantime.io/releases/latest.tar.gz
After downloading, extract the tarball by running the following command:
sudo tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
Move the extracted files to the Apache root directory using the following command:
sudo mv leantime /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
Before launching the Leantime installation wizard, you need to create a new MySQL database and user for Leantime.
Log in to the MySQL command-line using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Leantime using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE leantime;
Create a new MySQL user and grant all privileges to the leantime database using the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON leantime.* TO 'leantimeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';
After creating the database, navigate to /usr/local/www/apache24/data/leantime/ and rename the file .env.example to .env using the following command:
sudo mv .env.example .env
Edit the .env file and update the following lines with the details of the database you created earlier:
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=leantime
DB_USERNAME=leantimeuser
DB_PASSWORD=StrongPassword
Finally, launch the Leantime installation wizard by navigating to http://localhost/leantime/ in your web browser.
The installation wizard will guide you through the installation process. Once the installation is complete, you can log in to Leantime using the default credentials (admin/admin) and start using the application.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Leantime on FreeBSD Latest. You can now manage your projects efficiently using Leantime on your FreeBSD server.
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