Web-Portal is a web-based file manager that allows you to manage files and folders on your server using a browser. It is written in PHP and uses the Laravel framework. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Web-Portal on Linux Mint.
Before we install Web-Portal, we need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first thing we need to do is to download the Web-Portal from GitHub. We can do this by using the git command:
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/enchant97/web-portal.git
This will download the Web-Portal code into a directory named web-portal in the current working directory.
Before we can run Web-Portal, we need to install its dependencies. We can do this by running the following command:
cd web-portal
composer install
This will download and install all the required dependencies, including the Laravel framework.
Next, we need to configure the database settings for Web-Portal. We can do this by creating a new file named .env in the web-portal directory and copying the contents of .env.example to it:
cp .env.example .env
Then, open the .env file in a text editor and modify the following lines to match your database settings:
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 # Change this to your database server's IP or hostname
DB_PORT=3306 # Change this to your database server's port
DB_DATABASE=web_portal # Change this to the name of the database you want to use
DB_USERNAME=root # Change this to the username of your database user
DB_PASSWORD= # Change this to the password of your database user, if any
Save and close the .env file when you are done.
Next, we need to generate a new key for Web-Portal. We can do this by running the following command:
php artisan key:generate
This will generate a new key and update the APP_KEY setting in the .env file.
Before we can use Web-Portal, we need to create the necessary database tables. We can do this by running the following command:
php artisan migrate
This will create the required tables in the database.
Finally, we need to configure Apache to serve the Web-Portal code. We can do this by creating a new virtual host configuration file for Apache:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/web-portal.conf
Then, paste the following contents into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com # Change this to your domain name or server IP
DocumentRoot /path/to/web-portal/public # Change this to the path of the web-portal public directory
<Directory /path/to/web-portal/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file when you are done.
Then, enable the new virtual host and restart Apache:
sudo a2ensite web-portal.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now that we have installed and configured Web-Portal, we can access it by visiting http://yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name or server IP).
You should now see the Web-Portal login page, where you can enter your credentials and start managing your files and folders using a web-based interface.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Web-Portal on Linux Mint.
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