How to Install DailyNotes on Void Linux

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install DailyNotes on Void Linux. DailyNotes is an open-source note-taking application that allows you to write your notes and keep track of your daily tasks. It is a self-hosted web application that can be installed on any server that supports PHP.

Prerequisites

Before you begin this tutorial, make sure that you have the following:

• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A running instance of a web server, such as Apache or Nginx.
• PHP version 7.2 or higher installed on your system.
• MySQL or MariaDB installed on your system.

Step 1: Download DailyNotes

To download DailyNotes, you can either download the source code from the official website or clone the repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/m0ngr31/DailyNotes.git

Step 2: Create a MySQL Database

Create a new MySQL database and user for DailyNotes. You can do this by running the following command:

mysql -u root -p

In the MySQL console, run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE dailynotes;
CREATE USER 'dailynotes_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '{password}';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dailynotes.* TO 'dailynotes_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Replace {password} with a strong password for the DailyNotes user.

Step 3: Configure the Web Server

Next, we need to configure the web server to serve DailyNotes. If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host file in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ called dailynotes.conf with the following contents:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName dailynotes.example.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/DailyNotes
    <Directory "/path/to/DailyNotes">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace dailynotes.example.com with your domain or IP address, and /path/to/DailyNotes with the path to where you downloaded DailyNotes.

If you are using Nginx, create a new server block in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ called dailynotes.conf with the following contents:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name dailynotes.example.com;
    root /path/to/DailyNotes;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
    }
}

Replace dailynotes.example.com with your domain or IP address, and /path/to/DailyNotes with the path to where you downloaded DailyNotes.

Step 4: Configure DailyNotes

Copy the config.sample.php file in the app/config/ directory to config.php and edit the following lines:

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'dailynotes');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'dailynotes_user');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '{password}');

Replace {password} with the password you created in Step 2.

Step 5: Install Dependencies

Change directory to where you downloaded DailyNotes and run the following command to install dependencies:

composer install

You can install composer with the following command:

xbps-install php-composer

Step 6: Connect to DailyNotes

You can now connect to DailyNotes by visiting http://dailynotes.example.com in your web browser. You will be prompted to create an account and start taking notes.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DailyNotes on Void Linux.

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