How to Install PHP Censor on NixOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing PHP Censor on NixOS Latest. PHP Censor is an open-source continuous integration tool written in PHP language, which is used to automate the testing and deployment of web applications.

Prerequisites

• A server running NixOS Latest
• A user with administrative privileges
• Desktop or SSH terminal access to the NixOS server

Step 1: Install PHP

1. Open the SSH terminal or desktop terminal to log in to your NixOS server as an administrator.
2. Update the package manager repository and upgrade the system to the latest available packages by running the following command:

# sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nix-env -iA nixos

3. Install PHP language by executing the following command:

# sudo nix-env -iA nixos.php

4. Verify the installed version of PHP by running the command:

# php -v

Step 2: Install Composer

1. Install Composer, a PHP package manager, there are several ways to do so in NixOS. For the purpose of this tutorial Run the command below:

# sudo composer-selfupdate

2. Verify the Composer installation by running the following command. The expected output is the version of Composer.

# composer -v

Step 3: Install PHP Censor

1. Install Git, which is used to clone PHP Censor from the Github repository:

# sudo nix-env -iA nixos.git

2. Clone the PHP Censor from the Github repository using the following command. The project will be cloned from Github to the /var/www directory:

# sudo git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git /var/www/php-censor/

3. Change the ownership of the PHP Censor directory to the Nginx webserver user:

# sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/php-censor/

4. Install the required dependencies using Composer:

# cd /var/www/php-censor && sudo composer install

Step 4: Configure PHP Censor

1. PHP Censor's default configuration file is located at app/config.yml.dist.

   Make a copy of the default configuration file and rename it:

# sudo cp app/config.yml.dist app/config.yml

2. Edit the app/config.yml configuration file, adjust it according to your requirements.

   Find this section, and uncomment and set the correct configuration option for "database:

database:
    adapter: mysql
    host: localhost
    name: php-censor
    user: your-mysql-username
    pass: your-mysql-password

3. Configure the database and create a new database for PHP Censor.

   For example, to create the MySQL database, execute:

# sudo mysql -u root -p

And then run:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE php_censor;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON php_censor.* TO 'phpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'phpuser_password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Step 5: Launch PHP Censor

1. Start the PHP Censor webserver:

# sudo /var/www/php-censor/app/console server:run 0.0.0.0:8080

This command will start the PHP Censor and bind it to the port 8080 on all network interfaces. You can change the port number if needed.

2. Open your web browser, navigate to http://YourServerIP:8080, and you should see the PHP Censor dashboard.

Step 6: Running Tests

1. Create a new project on the PHP Censor dashboard.
2. Select a branch to monitor, the type of testing to perform such as PHPUnit or PHPSpec, and the desired testing script.
3. PHP Censor will poll your repository periodically, and test your application code whenever new code is pushed.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed PHP Censor, created a database and application configuration, and launched the PHP Censor webserver. Your testing scripts will now automatically run whenever code changes have been pushed to the repository, providing continuous integration for your web applications.

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