FreeScout is an open-source helpdesk software that lets you manage customer support tickets. It is available on GitHub and can be installed on NixOS Latest. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process.
Before installing FreeScout, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
You can install FreeScout on NixOS Latest by following these steps:
sudo nix-env -i php php-fpm php-phar php-mbstring php-xml php-mysql
sudo nix-env -i nginx
sudo nix-env -i mysql
sudo mysql --execute="CREATE DATABASE freescout;"
sudo mysql --execute="CREATE USER 'freescout'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'freescout';"
sudo mysql --execute="GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON freescout.* TO 'freescout'@'localhost';"
git clone https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout.git /home/freescout
cd /home/freescout
php composer.phar install --no-dev --prefer-dist
.env.example
file to .env
:cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
.env
file with your MySQL credentials:DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=freescout
DB_USERNAME=freescout
DB_PASSWORD=freescout
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/freescout.conf
server {
listen 80;
server_name _;
root /home/freescout/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php7-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/freescout.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/freescout.conf
sudo systemctl restart nginx
php artisan storage:link
* * * * * php /home/freescout/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps required to install FreeScout on NixOS Latest. FreeScout is a powerful and intuitive helpdesk software that can streamline customer support for your business or organization.
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