PineDocs is a simple web-based document management system that allows teams to create, edit, and collaborate on documents in real-time. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install PineDocs on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have the following requirements:
First, update and upgrade your Ubuntu server to ensure that you have the latest packages.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
To install PineDocs, we need to ensure that we have all the required dependencies in our system.
sudo apt-get install gcc python3-dev python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-virtualenv python3-venv build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev python3-virtualenv python3-venv supervisor sqlite3
Next, clone the PineDocs repository from Github to your Ubuntu server:
git clone https://github.com/xy2z/PineDocs.git
PineDocs is a Python-based application, and to avoid messing with your system Python packages, we will create a virtual environment.
cd PineDocs
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
Activate the virtual environment and install all the required Python packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Rename the settings example to settings.py and edit the file to set your preferred configurations:
cp pineapp/settings_example.py pineapp/settings.py
nano pineapp/settings.py
Create SQLite database and run migrations:
python manage.py init_db
python manage.py db upgrade
Run the PineDocs application using the following command:
python manage.py runserver
Visit http://localhost:5000 in your browser, and you should see the PineDocs login page.
To enable HTTPS support, you need to obtain an SSL certificate from a Certificate Authority or use a self-signed certificate. Once you have the certificate, update the pineapp.settings configurations by setting SSL_CERT and SSL_KEY:
SSL_CERT = 'path/to/ssl_certificate.crt'
SSL_KEY = 'path/to/ssl_certificate.key'
To keep the PineDocs application running even after you close the terminal session, we will use Supervisor.
Install Supervisor and create a configuration file:
sudo apt-get install supervisor
sudo nano /etc/supervisor/conf.d/pinedocs.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file, replacing the USER, ENV_DIR and PINEDOCS_DIR with correct values:
[program:pinedocs]
user=USER
directory=ENV_DIR/PineDocs
command=ENV_DIR/PineDocs/env/bin/python manage.py runserver --host 0.0.0.0
autostart=true
autorestart=true
redirect_stderr=true
stdout_logfile=PINEDOCS_DIR/pinedocs.log
Save and start Supervisor:
sudo service supervisor restart
sudo supervisorctl reread
sudo supervisorctl update
sudo supervisorctl start pinedocs
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install PineDocs on Ubuntu Server Latest. Now you can manage your documents in a web-based system efficiently.
Happy Documenting!
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