Installing Tuleap on MXLinux Latest

Tuleap is a project management system that facilitates team collaboration and software development. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Tuleap on MXLinux Latest using a few simple steps.

Prerequisites

To install Tuleap on MXLinux Latest, you will first need to ensure that the following packages are installed:

  1. LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, and PHP)
  2. Git
  3. Java

Steps

Step 1: Update your system

Before starting the installation of Tuleap, update your MXLinux Latest system to the latest version by running the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt autoremove

Step 2: Install the dependencies

The following commands should be used for installing the required packages:

sudo apt install -y apache2 php mysql-server git
sudo apt install -y php-mysql php-gd php-xml php-curl php-pear php-net-ldap3 php-fileinfo
sudo apt install -y openjdk-11-jdk

Step 3: Install composer

Composer is a dependency management tool for PHP. Install composer on your MXLinux Latest system by running the following command:

sudo apt install -y composer

Step 4: Clone Tuleap from the GitHub repository

Use the following command to clone the Tuleap repository from GitHub:

sudo git clone https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap.git
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data tuleap

Step 5: Install Tuleap dependencies

Navigate to the Tuleap directory and install the required dependencies using Composer:

cd tuleap
sudo composer install

Step 6: Configure MySQL for Tuleap

Create a database and a user for Tuleap using the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE tuleap;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tuleap.* TO 'tuleapuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Replace the tuleapuser and password with your desired username and password.

Step 7: Configure Apache

Navigate to the Apache configuration directory using the following command:

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

Create a new configuration file for Tuleap by using the following command:

sudo nano tuleap.conf

and paste the following settings into it:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin your.email@domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/tuleap/src/www/
    ServerName your.server.name
    <Directory /var/www/tuleap/src/www/>
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/tuleap_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/tuleap_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace your.email@domain.com, your.server.name with your domain and server name accordingly.

Enable the new virtual host configuration file using the following command:

sudo a2ensite tuleap.conf

Restart the Apache server to apply the changes:

sudo service apache2 restart

Step 8: Configure Tuleap

Configure tuleap by providing the database information, set up admin account by using the following command:

sudo -u www-data php bin/console tuleap:configure --env=prod

Follow the prompts to provide your database information, admin account details, and Git setup.

Step 9: Finish installing Tuleap

After completing the configuration process, install Tuleap using the following command:

sudo -u www-data php bin/install.sh --env=prod

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tuleap on your MXLinux Latest server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guided you through the installation process of Tuleap on MXLinux Latest using a few simple steps. Now you can use Tuleap to collaborate with your team and manage your projects efficiently with ease.

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