TaskBoard is a free and open-source web-based Kanban board application that allows you to manage your projects and tasks efficiently. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of TaskBoard on NetBSD.
Before getting started with the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your NetBSD system:
To download TaskBoard, you can simply use the following command:
$ fetch https://github.com/kiswa/TaskBoard/releases/download/v1.1.0/taskboard_1.1.0.zip
This will download the latest version of TaskBoard in a zip format.
After downloading the file, you need to extract it to the document root of your web server. For example, if you're using Apache web server, the document root is typically located at /var/www/htdocs/. You can use the following command to extract the downloaded file:
$ unzip taskboard_1.1.0.zip -d /var/www/htdocs/
This will extract the contents of the zip file to /var/www/htdocs/taskboard_1.1.0/.
TaskBoard requires a database to store its data. You can use MariaDB or MySQL for this purpose. To create a database, log in to your database server using the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password to log in to the database server.
Once you're logged in, create a new database and a user for TaskBoard using the following commands:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE taskboard;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON taskboard.* TO 'taskboarduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Now that you've downloaded and extracted TaskBoard and created a database, it's time to configure TaskBoard to use the database.
Open the file /var/www/htdocs/taskboard_1.1.0/config.php in a text editor and set the following values:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'taskboarduser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_NAME', 'taskboard');
Again, replace password with the actual password you set for the database user.
You're now ready to test TaskBoard in your web browser. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/taskboard_1.1.0/. You should see the TaskBoard login screen.
To log in, use the default administrator account:
adminadminAfter logging in, you can create new projects, add tasks to them, and manage them using the Kanban board.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install TaskBoard on NetBSD. You also learned how to create a database, configure TaskBoard to use the database, and test TaskBoard in your web browser. With TaskBoard, you can keep track of your projects and tasks in a more organized and efficient way.
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