Lavagna is an open-source, web-based collaborative platform that allows users to create, share and manage project boards. In this tutorial, we will provide step-by-step instructions on how to install the Lavagna platform on your Manjaro system.
Before we begin, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
The first thing you want to do is update your system packages.
To update your system, run:
sudo pacman -Syu
Enter your password when prompted to start the update process. Wait for the update process to complete.
Before we install Lavagna, we need to install some required packages.
sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache php-gd php-imap php-intl php-ldap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-smbclient php-snmp php-sqlite php-tidy php-bcmath php-xml php-zip
This command will install all the required packages for Lavagna, including Apache, PHP, and MariaDB.
Next, we need to download the latest version of Lavagna. You can download the latest version of Lavagna from the official website or GitHub repository.
In this tutorial, we will download the latest version from GitHub.
Create a directory where you will install Lavagna and change to that directory:
sudo mkdir /var/www/lavagna/
cd /var/www/lavagna/
Download the Lavagna latest version using the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/digitalfondue/lavagna/releases/download/0.7.18/lavagna-v0.7.18.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded tarball:
sudo tar -xzvf lavagna-v0.7.18.tar.gz
Change the ownership of the Lavagna directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R apache:apache lavagna/
Create a new Apache virtual host for Lavagna:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/lavagna.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/lavagna/public
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/lavagna/public>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/lavagna.error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/lavagna.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
This configuration specifies that Lavagna will be served on a virtual host with the name "example.com" and log files will be stored in the "/var/log/httpd" directory.
We need to create a new database and user for Lavagna and grant privileges to the database user.
Log in to the MariaDB server:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MariaDB root password when prompted. Create a new database for Lavagna:
CREATE DATABASE lavagna;
Create a new user for Lavagna:
CREATE USER 'lavagna'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Replace the "password" with a strong password of your choice. Grant all privileges to the Lavagna user on the Lavagna database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lavagna.* TO 'lavagna'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges and exit the MariaDB prompt:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Now, we need to enable and start Apache, PHP, and MariaDB services:
sudo systemctl enable httpd mariadb php-fpm
sudo systemctl start httpd mariadb php-fpm
This command will start the services and enable them to start at boot time.
Now, you should be able to access Lavagna by opening your web browser and typing in the address "http://example.com" or your server's IP address if you didn't set up DNS.
Lavagna should now be up and running on your Manjaro system. You can log in with the username "admin" and the password "admin".
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lavagna on Manjaro.
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