How to Install PHPCI on POP! OS Latest

PHPCI is a free and open-source tool designed for continuous integration and testing purposes. It is a powerful tool used by web developers and software engineers in developing their projects. PHPCI is written in PHP language and requires a web server installed on your system.

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install PHPCI on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation of PHPCI, make sure that you have the following requirements in your system:

• A Linux system instance (in this case, POP! OS Latest)
• Apache Web Server
• MySQL Database Server
• PHP 7.1 or higher (with extensions like PDO, MySQLi etc.)

Installation

Step 1: Install Apache Web Server

Apache is an open-source web server that can be used to host web applications. You can install Apache on POP! OS Latest using the following command:

$ sudo apt install apache2

Once Apache is installed, start the service and enable it to start at boot time using the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl start apache2
$ sudo systemctl enable apache2

Verify the installation and check the status of Apache service using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status apache2

Step 2: Install MySQL Database Server

PHPCI uses a MySQL database server to store its data. You can install MySQL on POP! OS using the following command:

$ sudo apt install mysql-server

During the installation, you will be asked to set a root password for MySQL server. You can also configure the MySQL installation using the following command:

$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Once the installation is complete, start the MySQL service and enable it to start at boot time using the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl start mysql
$ sudo systemctl enable mysql

Step 3: Install PHP and Necessary Extensions

PHPCI is written in PHP language, and therefore, you need to install PHP along with some necessary extensions to run it. You can install PHP 7.1 or higher with extensions like PDO, MySQLi, etc. using the following command:

$ sudo apt install php php-mysql php-pdo php-gd php-mbstring

Verify the installation and check the version of PHP using the following command:

$ php -v

Step 4: Install PHPCI

To install PHPCI, you need to download the latest version of the software from the official website (https://www.phptesting.org/). You can also use the following command to download the latest version of PHPCI:

$ wget https://github.com/Block8/PHPCI/archive/master.zip

Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

$ unzip master.zip

Move the extracted folder to the Apache web server root directory using the following command:

$ sudo mv PHPCI-master /var/www/html/phpci

Step 5: Configure PHPCI

Create a MySQL database and user for PHPCI using the following command:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE phpci;
mysql> CREATE USER 'phpciuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpci.* TO 'phpciuser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;

Now, rename the ./PHPCI/config/config.dist.yml file to ./PHPCI/config/config.yml, and update the configuration settings according to your MySQL database details.

$ sudo mv /var/www/html/phpci/config/config.dist.yml /var/www/html/phpci/config/config.yml

databases:
    PHPCI:
        driver: "pdo_mysql"
        host: "localhost"
        port: null
        user: "phpciuser"
        pass: "your_password_here"
        name: "phpci"
        charset: "utf8mb4"

Step 6: Restart Apache Web Server

After configuring PHPCI, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Access PHPCI Web Interface

Open your web browser and navigate to http://YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS/phpci. You will be redirected to the PHPCI web interface, where you can log in and start creating projects and build plans for your web applications.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install PHPCI on POP! OS Latest. You can now use PHPCI to automate your project build, testing, and deployment processes. For more information and advanced usage, you can refer to the official PHPCI documentation.

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