How to Install Leantime on NetBSD

Leantime is an open-source project management system that helps you plan and manage your projects efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Leantime on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you should have a basic understanding of NetBSD and should have the following components installed on your system:

• NetBSD 7.0 or higher
• Apache or Nginx Web Server
• PHP 5.5 or higher
• MySQL or PostgreSQL

You can install them through pkgsrc on NetBSD.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first step is to install the dependencies needed for running Leantime on your system. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

$ sudo pkg_add php php-mysqli php-gd git npm

This command will install PHP, the MySQL PHP extension, the GD PHP extension, Git and npm.

Step 2: Download and Configure Leantime

Next, you need to download the latest version of Leantime from their official website.

$ git clone https://github.com/Leantime/leantime.git /var/www/leantime

Now, you need to copy the configuration file config.default.php to config.php and modify it according to your environment.

$ cd /var/www/leantime/
$ cp config.default.php config.php
$ vi config.php

Change the database configuration as follows:

define('DB_DRIVER', 'mysqli');
define('DB_HOSTNAME', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'db_username');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'db_password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'leantime');

Make sure to replace db_username and db_password with your MySQL username and password.

Step 3: Database Setup

Now, you need to create a MySQL database and user for Leantime to use.

$ mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE leantime;
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON leantime.* TO 'leantime_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'leantime_password';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;

Make sure to replace leantime_user and leantime_password with your desired username and password for the Leantime MySQL user.

Step 4: Install NPM Packages and Build

Navigate to the Leantime directory and run the following command to install the required NPM packages.

$ npm install

Once the installation is complete, run the following command to build the project.

$ npm run build

Step 5: Deploy Leantime

Now, you can deploy your Leantime installation on your web server. You can use either Apache or Nginx. Here's how you can set up Apache:

Create a virtual host configuration file for Leantime.

$ sudo vi /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf.d/leantime.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/leantime/public

    <Directory /var/www/leantime>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/leantime.error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/leantime.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace yourdomain.com with your domain name.

Step 6: Access Leantime

Finally, enable the virtual host configuration and restart the Apache web server.

$ sudo ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf.d/leantime.conf /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf.d/leantime.conf.symlink
$ sudo /usr/pkg/sbin/apachectl restart

Now, you can access Leantime by visiting your domain name in your web browser.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and deployed Leantime on NetBSD!

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