Wallabag is an open-source application for automatically saving articles and web pages to read later. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Wallabag on Windows 11.
Before we proceed with the installation, we need to ensure that the following pre-requisites are met:
If you do not have XAMPP installed, you can download the installer from the official website.
Go to the official Wallabag website and download the latest version of Wallabag.
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded zip file to the htdocs directory of your XAMPP installation.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/. Click on the "Databases" tab and create a new database for Wallabag.
In your file explorer, navigate to the app/config directory of the extracted Wallabag files. Copy the parameters.yml.dist file and rename it to parameters.yml. Open the file in a text editor and update the following properties:
database_driver: pdo_mysql
database_host: localhost
database_port: null
database_name: [database_name]
database_table_prefix: wallabag_
database_user: [database_user]
database_password: [database_password]
Replace the [database_name], [database_user], and [database_password] placeholders with the values you defined in Step 3.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/wallabag/web/install.php. Follow the prompts to complete the Wallabag installation.
To keep your Wallabag instance up-to-date, you will need to set up a cron job. Open the Windows command prompt and run the following command to open the Windows Task Scheduler:
taskschd.msc
Click on "Create Task" to create a new task. Give the task a name and set the trigger to run the task daily. In the Actions tab, set the program/script to the cron.bat file in your Wallabag directory, and set the "Start in" field to the path of your Wallabag directory.
Once the installation is complete, you can access your Wallabag instance by navigating to http://localhost/wallabag/web/ in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Wallabag on Windows 11.
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