How to install ZenTao on OpenSUSE Latest

ZenTao is an open-source project management system that helps organizations in project planning, task tracking, and software development. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation steps of ZenTao on OpenSUSE Latest using Apache web server and MySQL database server.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A user account with sudo privileges
• Apache web server installed and running
• MySQL database server installed and running
• PHP 5.4.0 or higher with PDO, mbstring, and GD extensions

Step 1 - Download ZenTao

1. Go to the ZenTao download page https://www.zentao.pm/download.html and download the latest ZenTao version for OpenSUSE
2. Extract the downloaded archive

tar xzf zentao.*.tar.gz

3. Move the extracted folder to your web root directory (/srv/www/htdocs/)

sudo mv zentao.* /srv/www/htdocs/zentao

Step 2 - Create a MySQL database

1. Log in to MySQL as the root user

sudo mysql -uroot -p

2. Create a new database for ZenTao and grant privileges to a new user

CREATE DATABASE zentao_db;
GRANT ALL ON zentao_db.* TO 'zentao_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Replace "zentao_db" with your preferred database name, "zentao_user" with your preferred username, and "my_password" with your preferred password.

Step 3 - Configure Apache

1. Edit the Apache virtual host configuration file

sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/zentao.conf

2. Add the following content to the file and save it

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName zentao.example.com
  DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/zentao
  <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/zentao">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace "zentao.example.com" with your preferred domain name.

3. Restart Apache to apply the changes

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4 - Install ZenTao

1. Open your browser and navigate to http://zentao.example.com
2. Follow the installation wizard and provide the required information, including the database settings you created in Step 2
3. Finish the installation wizard and log in to ZenTao with the administrator account

Congratulations! You have successfully installed ZenTao on OpenSUSE Latest.

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