DocPHT is an open source document management system that allows you to create and manage your own documentation website. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of DocPHT on nixOS Latest.
Before you start, you need to have access to a nixOS Latest server with root access. You also need to have a basic understanding of the command line and managing packages using the nix package manager.
The first step is to install PHP and a web server. To do this, open your terminal and execute the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.php nixos.nginx
This will install PHP and nginx on your system.
Next, you need to install MariaDB to use as a database server for DocPHT.
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.mariadb
After installation, you need to enable it to run as a service:
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
You can also start it using the following command:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Now, we need to create a database and a user for DocPHT to use. You can use the MariaDB command line to do this:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will put you into the MySQL command line. Here, you can create a new database, a new user, and grant privileges to the user on the database. Replace the "your_db_name", "your_user_name", and "your_password" with your own values.
CREATE DATABASE your_db_name;
CREATE USER 'your_user_name'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON your_db_name.* TO 'your_user_name'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Download the latest version of DocPHT from their website using wget:
sudo wget https://docpht.org/download/latest -O /var/www/docpht.zip
This will download the latest version of DocPHT and save it to the "/var/www" directory.
Now, we need to extract the zip file:
sudo unzip /var/www/docpht.zip -d /var/www/
This will extract the files to the "/var/www/docpht" directory.
Next, you need to configure DocPHT by editing the "config.inc.php" file:
sudo nano /var/www/docpht/config.inc.php
You need to change the following settings:
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_name'] = 'your_db_name';
$config['db_user'] = 'your_user_name';
$config['db_password'] = 'your_password';
Save the changes and close the editor.
You also need to give the web server user permission to access the "/var/www/docpht" directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/docpht/
Finally, you need to configure Nginx to serve DocPHT. Create a new Nginx virtual host file:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/docpht.conf
And add the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com;
root /var/www/docpht;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Make sure to replace the "your_domain.com" with your own domain name. Save the changes and close the editor.
You also need to enable the virtual host and reload Nginx:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/docpht.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Congratulations! You have successfully installed DocPHT on your nixOS Latest server. You can now access it by visiting your domain name in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure DocPHT on nixOS Latest. Now, you can start creating and managing your own documentation website. If you encounter any issues, feel free to refer to the official DocPHT documentation or seek assistance from the community.
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