Hauk is an open-source location sharing application that allows you to share your current location with others. In order to install Hauk on Windows 11, you will need to follow the steps outlined below.
Before getting started, make sure that you have the following items:
Follow the steps below to install Hauk on your Windows 11 machine:
Open a command prompt window and enter the following command to clone the Hauk repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/bilde2910/Hauk.git
Next, navigate to the project directory and install the necessary dependencies using composer:
cd Hauk
composer install
Configure the Apache web server to serve PHP pages. To do this, you will need to edit the httpd.conf file located in your Apache installation directory. Navigate to the following line:
#LoadModule php7_module /path/to/php7_module.so
Uncomment the line by removing the # at the beginning and change the path to point to the directory where your PHP installation is located.
Create a new virtual host in your Apache configuration file. Navigate to the Virtual Host config file located in the Apache's conf/extra directory and add the following entries:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName hauk.local
DocumentRoot "C:/path/to/Hauk/web"
<Directory "C:/path/to/Hauk/web">
Require all granted
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace C:/path/to/Hauk/web with the correct path to your Hauk web root directory. Save the file and restart the Apache web server.
Finally, navigate to the app/config directory in the Hauk repository and copy the parameters.yml.dist file to parameters.yml. Open the parameters.yml file in a text editor and set the secret value to a strong random string. Save the file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hauk on your Windows 11 machine. You can now share your location with your friends and family easily.
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