How to Install PHP Censor on MXLinux Latest

PHP Censor is an open-source continuous integration tool written in PHP, It can be used to perform continuous integration and continuous deployment for PHP projects. This tutorial will show you how to install PHP Censor on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you’ll need:

• A system running MXLinux Latest.

• A user account with sudo privileges.

• A web server, PHP, and MySQL installed and configured on your system.

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before installing PHP Censor, you need to ensure that your system has all the required dependencies installed. You can run the following command to install the required dependencies:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git curl php7.3-curl php7.3-mbstring php7.3-xml php7.3-zip php7.3-mysql

Step 2: Install Composer

PHP Censor is built using Composer, which is a dependency manager for PHP. You can run the following command to install Composer:

sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Step 3: Clone PHP Censor

Next, you need to clone the PHP Censor repository from GitHub:

sudo git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git /var/www/html/php-censor

Step 4: Install Dependencies

After cloning the repository, navigate to the cloned directory and run the following command to install the dependencies:

cd /var/www/html/php-censor
sudo composer install

Step 5: Configure Database

PHP Censor uses MySQL as its database. You need to create a database and a user with full privileges. You can use the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE phpcensor;

CREATE USER 'phpcensor_user' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpcensor.* TO 'phpcensor_user';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit MySQL with the following command:

exit;

Step 6: Configure PHP Censor

Copy the file /var/www/html/php-censor/app/config.yml.dist to /var/www/html/php-censor/app/config.yml by running:

sudo cp /var/www/html/php-censor/app/config.yml.dist /var/www/html/php-censor/app/config.yml

In the config.yml file, update the following database details:

db:
  dsn: mysql:host=localhost;dbname=phpcensor
  username: phpcensor_user
  password: your_password

Also, update the following details for email notifications:

mailer:
  transport: smtp
  options:
    host: smtp.gmail.com
    port: 587
    encryption: tls
    username: your_email@gmail.com
    password: your_password
    from_email: your_email@gmail.com
    from_name: PHP Censor

Save and exit the file.

Step 7: Configure Web Server

Next, you need to set up your web server to serve PHP Censor.

If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host file /etc/apache2/sites-available/php-censor.conf with the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName php-censor.local
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/php-censor/public

    <Directory /var/www/html/php-censor>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/php-censor-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/php-censor-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the virtual host by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite php-censor.conf

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo service apache2 restart

Step 8: Access PHP Censor

Once you've completed the setup, you can access PHP Censor by visiting http://php-censor.local in your web browser. From there, you can create a new project and start configuring your continuous integration process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHP Censor on MXLinux Latest.

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