Installing Cloudlog on NixOS Latest

Cloudlog is a web-based amateur radio logbook server that allows you to log, search, and manage your QSOs (contacts) from anywhere in the world over the internet. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cloudlog on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we get started with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A NixOS Latest system with root access.
• A stable internet connection.

Installation Steps

Follow the steps below to install Cloudlog on NixOS Latest:

Step 1: Install required dependencies

Open your terminal and run the following commands to install the required dependencies for Cloudlog:

$ sudo nix-shell -p git php phpPackages.mysql phpPackages.pdo_mysql phpPackages.xml phpPackages.zip phpPackages.iconv

Step 2: Clone Cloudlog repository

Next, clone the Cloudlog repository into your desired location. For example, you can clone it into the /var/www directory by running the following command:

$ sudo git clone https://github.com/magicbug/Cloudlog.git /var/www/cloudlog

Step 3: Install composer

Composer is a package manager for PHP that will manage the dependencies required by Cloudlog. Install composer by running the following commands:

$ cd /var/www/cloudlog
$ sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Step 4: Install Cloudlog dependencies

Run the following command to install the dependencies required by Cloudlog:

$ sudo composer install

Step 5: Configure the database

Cloudlog requires a MySQL database to function properly. Create a new MySQL user and database for Cloudlog by running the following commands:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password and run the following commands to create a new database and user:

CREATE DATABASE cloudlog;
CREATE USER 'cloudlog'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cloudlog.* TO 'cloudlog'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Replace your-password with a strong password for the new database user.

Step 6: Configure Cloudlog

Rename the file config.php.template to config.php, then edit it:

$ cd /var/www/cloudlog/application/config/
$ sudo cp config.php.template config.php
$ sudo nano config.php

In the database section, update the database name, username, and password to match the one you created in step 5:

     'database' => 'cloudlog',
     'username' => 'cloudlog',
     'password' => 'your-password',

Save the file and exit.

Step 7: Configure web server

You can use any web server to host Cloudlog. In this example, we will use Nginx.

Create a new Nginx configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-available/cloudlog:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/cloudlog

Add the following content to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;

    root /var/www/cloudlog;

    location / {
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
   }
 
    location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf|flv|ico)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
   }
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        include        fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param  APPLICATION_ENV development;
   }
}

Save the file and exit.

Create a symbolic link for the site configuration file in the sites-enabled directory:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/cloudlog /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Test the Nginx configuration and restart Nginx to apply the new configuration:

$ sudo nginx -t
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 8: Access Cloudlog

Open your web browser and go to http://<server-ip>/cloudlog to access Cloudlog.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cloudlog on NixOS Latest.

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