Focalboard is an open source collaboration platform which provides features like task management, file sharing, wikis, and more. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Focalboard on MXLinux Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation process, you should have the following prerequisites:
To install Focalboard on MXLinux, follow these steps:
Before installing Focalboard, you should update your MXLinux system to ensure you have the latest packages and security patches. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Focalboard requires some dependencies to be installed. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install -y curl gnupg2 jq
Focalboard requires a database to store its data. MongoDB is a popular choice for this purpose. You can install it by adding its repository key and then adding its repository to your MXLinux system. To do this, follow these steps:
Run the following command to add the MongoDB repository key:
curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
Run the following command to add the MongoDB repository to your MXLinux system:
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list
Now you can install MongoDB by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y mongodb-org
Now that MongoDB is installed, you can proceed to installing Focalboard. Follow these steps to install Focalboard:
Run the following command to add the Focalboard repository key:
curl -fsSL https://apt.focalboard.com/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Run the following command to add the Focalboard repository to your MXLinux system:
echo "deb https://apt.focalboard.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/focalboard.list
Run the following command to install Focalboard:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y focalboard
After installing Focalboard, configure it to use MongoDB as the database. Follow these steps to do this:
Run the following command to start the MongoDB service:
sudo systemctl start mongod.service
Open the configuration file for Focalboard using your favorite text editor. For example:
sudo nano /etc/focalboard/config.json
Add the following lines to the config.json file to configure Focalboard to use MongoDB as the database:
"database": {
"type": "mongo",
"mongo_uri": "mongodb://localhost:27017",
"mongo_dbname": "focalboard",
"mongo_conn_maxlifetime": 60
}
Save and close the file.
Run the following command to restart the Focalboard service:
sudo systemctl restart focalboard.service
Focalboard should now be installed and running on your MXLinux system. You can access it by pointing your web browser to http://localhost:8000 or http://<your_ip_address>:8000 if you are accessing it remotely.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Focalboard on MXLinux Latest. Now you can start using it to manage your tasks and collaborate with your team.
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