Monica is an open-source application that is designed to help people manage their personal relationships. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Monica on OpenSUSE latest version.
Before you start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
To ensure that your server is up-to-date with the latest security patches and bug fixes, run the following commands to update your system packages.
sudo zypper update
Monica requires several dependencies to be installed on your OpenSUSE system. Run the following command to install the required packages.
sudo zypper install apache2 mariadb nodejs8 npm8 php7 apache2-mod_php7 php7-mysqlnd php7-posix php7-zip php7-gd
This will install Apache, MariaDB, Node.js, NPM, and the necessary PHP extensions.
You need to install Composer, which is required for managing the project's dependencies. To do this, run the following command:
sudo zypper install composer
Now we need to create a database and user for Monica. Run the following commands to log in to MariaDB and create a new database and user.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE monica;
CREATE USER 'monicauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Your_Password_Here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON monica.* TO 'monicauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Your_Password_Here';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Create a new directory for the Monica installation and navigate to it.
cd /var/www/monica```
Now, download the latest Monica version using git.
sudo git clone -b latest https://github.com/monicahq/monica.git . sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/monica/
Next, install the required dependencies by running:
```sudo composer install ```
Modify the .env file with the credentials of the database that you created earlier.
```sudo nano .env```
Update the following configuration variables:
DB_DATABASE=monica DB_USERNAME=monicauser DB_PASSWORD=Your_Password_Here
## Step 6: Configure Apache for Monica
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration for Monica.
```sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/monica.conf```
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/monica/public ServerName yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/monica/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Enable the newly created virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite monica
Then restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
At this point, Monica should be accessible via a web browser at your server’s domain name or IP address.
Open up your web browser and enter the server domain name or IP address in the URL bar.
http://your-domain.com
You will now be prompted to complete the installation by creating a user account with a username and password.
After successful installation you may access the Monica app at https://yourdomain.com/login.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Monica on your OpenSUSE server.
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