Cloudlog is a free web-based logbook for amateur radio operators. It allows you to easily record and manage your contacts in a secure and accessible way online.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cloudlog on MXLinux Latest.
Before we install Cloudlog, we need to install a few packages that it relies on.
Open the terminal and run the following commands one by one to install the required packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php php-mysql php-gd php-xml libapache2-mod-php7.4 mariadb-server
Next, we need to download and extract the latest version of Cloudlog.
Visit the official website at https://magicbug.co.uk/cloudlog/ and download the latest version. Then, navigate to the Downloads folder in the terminal and run the following command to extract the downloaded file:
tar -xf cloudlog-2.1.2.tar.gz
This will extract the files to a new directory called cloudlog-2.1.2.
Before we can start using Cloudlog, we need to create a database for it to store its data. To do so, we will use the MariaDB server that we installed in Step 1.
First, we need to log in to the MariaDB server as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root
Then, create a new database and user for Cloudlog by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE cloudlog;
CREATE USER 'cloudlog'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cloudlog.* TO 'cloudlog'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Be sure to replace 'your-password' with a secure password.
Now that we have all the necessary packages installed and the database set up, we can install Cloudlog.
First, navigate to the cloudlog-2.1.2 directory in the terminal:
cd cloudlog-2.1.2
Then, copy the contents of the cloudlog directory to your web server's document root:
sudo cp -r cloudlog /var/www/html
Finally, set the correct permissions on the cloudlog directory and its contents:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/cloudlog
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/cloudlog
The last step is to configure Cloudlog to use the database that we created in Step 3.
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/cloudlog to access the Cloudlog setup wizard.
Follow the prompts to configure the database connection and create an initial admin user.
Once that is complete, you will be redirected to the Cloudlog login page. Log in with the admin user that you just created to start using Cloudlog.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Cloudlog on MXLinux Latest. You can now safely and securely manage your amateur radio contacts online.
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