eLabFTW is an open-source electronic laboratory notebook that is designed to help researchers and scientists manage experiments, store data, and share information. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing eLabFTW on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you begin, you need to have the following:
eLabFTW requires a web server, database server, and PHP to run. If you don't have these installed already, use the following commands to install them:
sudo zypper in apache2 mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-mysql apache2-mod_php7
After installing MariaDB, you need to configure it. Run the following command to start the MariaDB service:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Next, we will run a security script that comes with MariaDB. This script will prompt you to set a root password and remove some insecure settings. Run the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Now we will create a database and a user for eLabFTW. Log in to the MySQL shell by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password you set earlier. Then, create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE elabftw CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
Create a new user and grant it permissions to manage the database:
GRANT ALL ON elabftw.* TO 'elabftwuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
Replace <password> in the above command with a strong password of your choice.
Finally, exit the MySQL shell by running the following command:
exit
Download the latest version of eLabFTW from the official website:
sudo zypper in wget unzip -y
wget https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/releases/download/3.5.2/elabftw-3.5.2.zip
Unzip the downloaded file and move the eLabFTW files to the Apache web root directory:
sudo unzip elabftw-3.5.2.zip -d /srv/www/htdocs/
Set the appropriate file permissions on the eLabFTW files:
cd /srv/www/htdocs/
sudo chown -R apache:apache elabftw/
Rename the config-dist.php file to config.php and edit it:
cd elabftw/
cp config-dist.php config.php
sudo nano config.php
Update the following lines with the database details:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'elabftw');
define('DB_USER', 'elabftwuser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '<password>');
Save the file and exit.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://<your-server-ip>/elabftw. You will see the eLabFTW login page. Enter the administrator username and password you want to use.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed eLabFTW on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start using eLabFTW to manage your experiments, data, and research.
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