TaskBoard is a free, open-source, and self-hosted web-based application that allows you to manage your tasks and projects more efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step to install TaskBoard on FreeBSD 13.
Before installing TaskBoard, ensure that you have the following:
First, you need to install some required packages by running the following command:
sudo pkg install php74 php74-extensions php74-pdo php74-pdo_mysql php74-curl php74-json php74-mbstring php74-zip
This command will install all the essential packages required for TaskBoard to work correctly.
Next, you have to download and extract the TaskBoard archive. You can download the latest version of TaskBoard from its official website, or you can use the following command to download it:
mkdir /usr/local/www/taskboard
cd /usr/local/www/taskboard
sudo fetch -o - https://github.com/kiswa/TaskBoard/archive/master.tar.gz | sudo tar xvfz -
This command downloads the latest version of TaskBoard and extracts it into the /usr/local/www/taskboard directory.
To configure TaskBoard, you need to copy the config.template.php file to config.php and make the necessary changes:
cd TaskBoard-master
sudo cp config.template.php config.php
sudo nano config.php
You need to modify the following lines in the config.php file:
define('BASE_URL', '/');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASS', '');
define('DB_NAME', 'taskboard');
Set the BASE_URL to the domain or IP address of your server, and change the database credentials. If you want to use a different database name or database port, you can change them accordingly.
TaskBoard requires a web server to function correctly. In this tutorial, we will use Apache as our web server. To configure Apache for TaskBoard, you need to create a new Virtual Host configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/taskboard.conf
Add the following lines to the taskboard.conf file and save it:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName taskboard.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/taskboard/TaskBoard-master
ErrorLog /var/log/taskboard-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/taskboard-access.log combined
<Directory /usr/local/www/taskboard/TaskBoard-master>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace the ServerName value with your domain or IP address.
Next, you need to enable the Apache modules that TaskBoard requires to work correctly. You can enable these modules by running the following command:
sudo apachectl start
sudo apachectl graceful
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
Uncomment the following modules:
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache24/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache24/libphp7.so
Restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo apachectl restart
TaskBoard requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. You need to create a new database and user for TaskBoard. To create a new database and user, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Now, type the root password and execute the following SQL commands:
CREATE DATABASE taskboard;
CREATE USER 'taskboarduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON taskboard.* TO 'taskboarduser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace the password value with your desired password.
Finally, you can access TaskBoard by visiting http://your-server-ip/ or http://your-domain.com/ in your web browser. You will see the TaskBoard login page. Use the default username admin and password admin to login.
After logging in, you can start using TaskBoard to manage your tasks and projects.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install TaskBoard on FreeBSD 13. You can now use TaskBoard to manage your tasks and projects in a more organized and efficient way.
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