Kanboard is a simple and open-source visual task board that enables you to manage your work efficiently. It is written in PHP and comes with a user-friendly interface that makes project management easy for users. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Kanboard on your Linux Mint system.
Before starting, it is always a good practice to update the package list of the system. To update the package list, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Kanboard is written in PHP, so we will need to install the following packages before we can install it on our system.
sudo apt-get install php php-cli php-mbstring php-xml php-intl php-apcu php-json php-bcmath
Once we have installed all the required packages, we can download and install Kanboard on our system. There are two ways to download and install Kanboard:
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. To install Kanboard using composer, run the following command:
cd /var/www/html
composer create-project kanboard/kanboard --prefer-dist
Alternatively, you can download and install Kanboard using Git. To do so, run the following commands:
cd /var/www/html
git clone https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard.git
cd kanboard
composer install --no-dev
By default, the web root directory in Apache is /var/www/html/. You can configure Apache to serve Kanboard by creating a new virtual host for it. Create a new file named kanboard.conf in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory and add the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName kanboard.local
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/kanboard
<Directory /var/www/html/kanboard>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/kanboard_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/kanboard_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Note: You can change the ServerName to your preferred domain name.
Once you have created the virtual host configuration file, you can enable it by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite kanboard.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Once you have completed the installation and configuration process, you can access Kanboard by opening your web browser and navigating to your server's domain name or IP address, followed by /kanboard. For example: http://your-server-ip/kanboard
You will be prompted to set up an administrator account and configure the database connection settings during the first visit. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Kanboard on your Linux Mint system. You can now use it to manage your projects and tasks effectively.
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