How to Install Phorge on Manjaro

Phorge is a powerful collaboration and project management tool that can help streamline your workflow. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing Phorge on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

• A running instance of Manjaro
• A web server (Apache or Nginx)
• PHP version 7.3 or higher
• Git

Step 1: Clone the Phorge Repository

To begin, we need to clone the Phorge repository from Github to our Manjaro machine. Open up a terminal and enter the following command:

git clone https://github.com/phacility/phabricator.git /opt/phorge

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, we need to install the required dependencies for Phorge to run. Run the following command to install the required PHP extensions:

sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-pgsql php-redis php-sqlite

You may also need to install additional packages depending on your server setup.

Step 3: Configure PHP-FPM

In order to use Phorge with the web server, we need to configure PHP-FPM. Open up the FPM configuration file using the text editor:

sudo nano /etc/php/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Find the following lines:

listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = http
listen.group = http

Uncomment these lines and change the owner and group to http:

listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = http
listen.group = http

Save and close the configuration file.

Step 4: Configure the Web Server

Now we need to configure the web server to serve Phorge. Here's an example configuration file for Apache:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName phorge.example.com
    DocumentRoot /opt/phorge/webroot
    <Directory /opt/phorge/webroot>
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All
        Options FollowSymLinks
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

For Nginx, use the following configuration:

server {
    server_name phorge.example.com;
    root /opt/phorge/webroot;

    location / {
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Replace phorge.example.com with your own domain name and save the configuration file.

Step 5: Create the Phorge Database

Now we need to create a database for Phorge to use. Open up the Postgres command line utility:

sudo -u postgres psql

Create a new database and user:

CREATE DATABASE phorge;
CREATE USER phorge_user WITH PASSWORD 'my_password';
GRANT ALL ON DATABASE phorge TO phorge_user;

Replace my_password with a secure password of your choice.

Step 6: Install Phorge

We are now ready to install Phorge. Navigate to the Phorge installation directory:

cd /opt/phorge

And run the following command to initiate the installation process:

sudo ./bin/storage upgrade

You will then be prompted to enter your database credentials. Enter the username, password, and database name that you created in Step 5.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Phorge.

Step 7: Login to Phorge

After installation is complete, open up a web browser and navigate to the domain name that you configured in Step 4. You should see the Phorge login page.

Enter the credentials that you created during installation and login to Phorge.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Phorge on Manjaro!

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