In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Our Shopping List on Ubuntu Server.
Our Shopping List is an open-source web application that allows users to create and manage their shopping lists. It is based on PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL.
The following steps assume that you have already installed Ubuntu Server on your machine.
Our Shopping List requires a web server to run. We will use Apache as our web server. To install Apache, type the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once installed, you can check Apache's status by running:
systemctl status apache2
Our Shopping List also requires a database to store its data. We will use MySQL as our database server. To install MySQL, type the following command:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Make sure to keep this password safe, as you will need it later.
Once installed, you can check MySQL's status by running:
systemctl status mysql
Our Shopping List is built with PHP. To install PHP, type the following command:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
Once installed, you can test PHP's functionality by creating a phpinfo.php file in Apache's web root directory:
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then, add the following line:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Save and close the file. Then, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpinfo.php. You should see a page displaying PHP's configuration.
Now that we have installed all the prerequisites, we can download and configure Our Shopping List.
First, navigate to the Apache web root directory:
cd /var/www/html
Then, clone the Our Shopping List repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/nanawel/our-shopping-list.git
You will now have a our-shopping-list directory in your web root. Next, we need to create a MySQL database and user for Our Shopping List to use.
To do this, log in to the MySQL shell as root:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password you set during installation. Then, create a new database and user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE our_shopping_list;
CREATE USER 'oshoplist'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON our_shopping_list.* TO 'oshoplist'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace password123 with a secure password of your choice.
Next, we need to configure Our Shopping List. Copy the sample configuration file:
cp config-sample.php config.php
Then, open the config.php file in your favorite text editor:
sudo nano config.php
Update the following lines with your MySQL database information:
define('DB_SERVERNAME', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'oshoplist');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password123');
define('DB_NAME', 'our_shopping_list');
Save and close the file.
Finally, set the correct permissions for the cache directory:
cd /var/www/html/our-shopping-list
sudo chown -R www-data cache
sudo chmod -R 775 cache
Our Shopping List should now be accessible via your web browser. Navigate to http://localhost/our-shopping-list/ to access the application.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Our Shopping List on your Ubuntu Server.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Our Shopping List on Ubuntu Server. Our Shopping List is a great way to manage your shopping lists and stay organized. We hope this tutorial has been helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.
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