TaskBoard is a free and open source application that allows users to manage tasks and projects through a simple and intuitive interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing TaskBoard on the latest version of Ubuntu Server.
Before installing TaskBoard, let's make sure that our server has all the required packages installed. Open up a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql unzip
This command will install Apache web server, PHP, and other necessary packages.
Next, let's download and extract TaskBoard on your server. Run the following command to download the latest version of TaskBoard from their website:
wget https://github.com/kiswa/TaskBoard/releases/download/v1.2.1/taskboard-1.2.1.zip
Once the download is completed, extract the downloaded zip file to your Apache web server's document root directory:
sudo unzip taskboard-1.2.1.zip -d /var/www/html/
This command will extract TaskBoard to the "/var/www/html/" directory.
Now that TaskBoard has been downloaded and extracted, let's configure Apache web server to serve TaskBoard. Create a new Apache configuration file named "taskboard.conf" with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/taskboard.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/taskboard-1.2.1
ServerName your_domain_name_or_IP_address
<Directory /var/www/html/taskboard-1.2.1/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "your_domain_name_or_IP_address" with your server's domain name or IP address.
Save and close the file. Then, enable the new configuration and restart Apache web server with the following commands:
sudo a2ensite taskboard.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
TaskBoard requires a MySQL database to store its data. To create a new database, log into your MySQL server with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
Create a new database with the following command:
CREATE DATABASE taskboard_db;
Create a new user and grant full permissions on the newly created database with the following commands:
CREATE USER 'taskboard_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_taskboard_user_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON taskboard_db.* TO 'taskboard_user'@'localhost';
Replace "your_taskboard_user_password" with your preferred strong password.
Exit MySQL shell with the following command:
exit
TaskBoard's configuration file is located in the "config/" directory. Copy the sample configuration file to a new file named "config.php" with the following command:
cd /var/www/html/taskboard-1.2.1/
cp config/config.sample.php config/config.php
Open the "config.php" file with the following command:
sudo nano config/config.php
Edit the following lines to match your MySQL database credentials:
$config['db']['type'] = 'mysql';
$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['name'] = 'taskboard_db';
$config['db']['username'] = 'taskboard_user';
$config['db']['password'] = 'your_taskboard_user_password';
Save and close the file.
Now that everything is set up, you can access TaskBoard by visiting your server's IP address or domain name in your web browser.
http://your_domain_name_or_IP_address/
You should see TaskBoard's login page. Enter the default credentials to log in:
Username: admin
Password: admin
We recommend that you change the default password right after logging in.
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the steps of installing TaskBoard on Ubuntu Server. TaskBoard is a powerful and easy-to-use task and project management tool that is perfect for small teams or individuals. Happy task-tracking!
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