Installing PHPCI on Ubuntu Server Latest

PHPCI is an open source continuous integration tool for PHP projects, which allows you to automate your builds and run automated tests. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install PHPCI on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu Server Latest (as your hosting operating system)
• Apache2 web server installed
• PHP 5.4+ with PDO, curl and zip extensions enabled
• MySQL database installed
• Composer installed

Step 1: Install Git and Composer

First, we need to install Git, which is used for version control, and Composer, which is used for managing PHP dependencies.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install composer

Step 2: Install PHPCI

Next, we will use Git to clone the PHPCI repository to our web server, and then use Composer to install its dependencies.

cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/Block8/PHPCI.git
cd PHPCI
sudo composer install --no-dev

Step 3: Create MySQL Database and User

We need to create a MySQL database to store PHPCI data, and a MySQL user to manage that database.

sudo mysql -u root -p

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

Note: Replace ‘yourpassword’ with a strong password of your choice.

Step 4: Configure PHPCI

Now, we need to configure PHPCI by copying the config.yml.dist file to config.yml and updating the following settings:

phpci:
    title: 'My PHPCI' # Your project’s name
    url: 'http://localhost/PHPCI/' # Your PHPCI URL
    mysql:
        host: 'localhost'     # Your MySQL host
        port: 3306             # Your MySQL port
        dbname: 'phpci'        # Your PHPCI database name
        user: 'phpciuser'  # Your PHPCI database user
        pass: 'yourpassword'   # Your PHPCI database password

Step 5: Set Up Apache Virtual Host

We need to set up an Apache virtual host to serve PHPCI.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpci.conf

Paste in the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/PHPCI/public
    <Directory /var/www/html/PHPCI/public>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Enable the virtual host:

sudo a2ensite phpci.conf

Reload the Apache configuration:

sudo service apache2 reload

Step 6: Run PHPCI Installer

Finally, we need to run PHPCI installer to create the required database tables.

cd /var/www/html/PHPCI/public
sudo php index.php installer

Follow the instructions in the installer and enter the MySQL database information you supplied earlier.

Summary

In this tutorial, we explained how to install PHPCI on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now use PHPCI to automate your PHP project builds and tests, and monitor their progress from the web dashboard.

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