OpenNote is an open-source web-based note-taking and to-do list application that allows you to store and organize your notes and tasks in one place. In this tutorial, we will guide you to install OpenNote on your POP! OS Latest.
Before we start, you need to make sure that your system is up-to-date and you have the following tools installed on your system:
Open a terminal and use the git command to clone the OpenNote repository from Github to your server.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/FoxUSA/OpenNote.git /var/www/html/OpenNote
After cloning the OpenNote repository, you need to set the appropriate directory permissions.
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/OpenNote
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/OpenNote
Next, install the required PHP modules that are needed for OpenNote to function properly.
$ sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-json php-mbstring php-xml php-zip
Restart the Apache2 server for the modules to take effect.
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2
OpenNote requires a database to store all the notes and tasks. You can create a new database and user for OpenNote using the following commands.
$ sudo mysql
mysql> CREATE DATABASE opennote;
mysql> CREATE USER 'opennoteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opennote.* TO 'opennoteuser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Change the password field with your desired strong password.
Now, you are ready to install OpenNote. Navigate to the OpenNote folder and open the installation page in your web browser by entering the following URL.
http://localhost/OpenNote/install/
Follow the prompts to complete the installation. During the installation, provide the MySQL database credentials that you created earlier.
Finally, after successful installation, make sure to delete the install folder from your OpenNote directory by running the following command.
$ sudo rm -r /var/www/html/OpenNote/install
Also, it is recommended to enable HTTPS connection to secure the communication between the server and the client.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install OpenNote on POP! OS Latest. You also set up the required environment, created a database, ran the OpenNote installer, and secured the installation. Now you can use OpenNote for your notes and to-do list management on your server.
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