TaskBoard is a lightweight and user-friendly web-based task management tool. It helps teams to keep track of their work, deadlines, and daily tasks. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install TaskBoard on Linux Mint.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Firstly, open the terminal on your Linux Mint machine and navigate to the web directory for Apache.
cd /var/www/html
Next, download the latest version of TaskBoard using the wget command.
sudo wget https://github.com/kiswa/TaskBoard/archive/master.zip
This command will download the latest TaskBoard source code in the form of a ZIP file.
After the download is complete, extract the ZIP file using the following command:
sudo unzip master.zip
This command will extract the TaskBoard folder to the current directory.
Create a new MySQL database and user for TaskBoard to use. Log in to the MySQL console using the mysql command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
Next, create a new database using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE taskboard;
Create a new user and grant them full access to the database:
CREATE USER 'taskboarduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'taskboardpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON taskboard.* TO 'taskboarduser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Make sure to replace taskboarduser and taskboardpassword with your desired username and password.
Exit the MySQL console by typing \q.
Navigate to the TaskBoard directory:
cd TaskBoard-master
Copy the config.dist.php file to config.php:
sudo cp config.dist.php config.php
Open the config.php file using your favorite text editor and modify the following variables to match your environment:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'taskboard');
define('DB_USER', 'taskboarduser');
define('DB_PASS', 'taskboardpassword');
Save the config.php file.
Create a new Apache configuration file for TaskBoard:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/taskboard.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/TaskBoard-master
ServerName your_domain_name.com # Change this to your domain name or server IP address
<Directory /var/www/html/TaskBoard-master>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Enable the new virtual host and restart the Apache service:
sudo a2ensite taskboard.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the TaskBoard installer page.
Follow the instructions on the page to complete the installation process. After the installation is complete, you should be able to log in to TaskBoard with the username admin and password admin.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed TaskBoard on Linux Mint.
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