How to Install Kanboard on Windows 10

Kanboard is an open-source software used to manage projects and tasks. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Kanboard on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

• A Windows 10 computer
• Xampp installed and running on your computer. (If you haven't installed it yet, you can download it from here)

Step 1: Download Kanboard

1. Navigate to the Kanboard website and click on the "Download" button.
2. From the dropdown menu, select "ZIP Archive".
3. Once the download is complete, extract the archive.

Step 2: Create a Database for Kanboard

1. Open your web browser and go to localhost/phpmyadmin. This will navigate you to the phpMyAdmin page.
2. Click on the "Databases" tab at the top of the page.
3. In the "Create database" field, enter a name for your Kanboard database.
4. Click on the "Create" button to create the new database.

Step 3: Configure Kanboard

1. Navigate to the root directory where you extracted the Kanboard files.
2. Copy the file named config.default.php and rename it to config.php.
3. Open the config.php file in a text editor such as Notepad++.
4. Find the line that starts with $config['db_driver'] and change the value to "mysql", which is the type of database that Kanboard uses.
5. Enter the username and password you created during the XAMPP installation process in the $config['db_username'] and $config['db_password'] fields.
6. In the config.php file, locate the line $config['db_name'] = 'kanboard'; and replace kanboard with the name of the database you created in Step 2.

Step 4: Move Kanboard to the Xampp htdocs folder

1. Open your File Explorer and navigate to the root directory where you extracted the Kanboard files.
2. Highlight all the files and folders in the folder and cut them
3. Navigate to the htdocs folder in your xampp installation path (usually C:\xampp\htdocs) and paste the Kanboard files and folders inside the htdocs folder.

Step 5: Access Kanboard

1. Launch XAMPP control panel and start Apache and MySQL.
2. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/kanboard/
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create your Kanboard account and begin using Kanboard to manage your projects and tasks.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guided you through the process of installing and configuring Kanboard on Windows 10. With Kanboard installed on your computer, you can manage your projects and tasks easily and effectively.

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