How to Install Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest

Vikunja is a simple and easy-to-use task management application that helps you to manage your tasks with ease. In this tutorial, we will be installing Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest.

Pre-requisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure to fulfill the following requirements:

A system running Alpine Linux Latest
Docker and Docker Compose installed on the system
Basic knowledge of working with Docker and Docker Compose

Installation Steps

Follow the below steps to install Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest:

Open a terminal on your Alpine Linux Latest system.
Run the following command to install Docker:
```
apk --update add docker
```
Start the Docker service by running the following command:
```
service docker start
```
To verify whether Docker is successfully installed or not, run:
```
docker --version
```
The command should return the version of Docker installed.
Next, install Docker Compose by running the following command:
```
apk add docker-compose
```
Clone the Vikunja GitHub repository by running the following command:
```
git clone https://github.com/vikunja/vikunja.git
```
Navigate to the cloned directory:
```
cd vikunja
```
Create the necessary directories for Vikunja by running:
```
mkdir data logs
```
Create a Docker Compose file by running:
```
touch docker-compose.yml
```

Edit the docker-compose.yml file and add the following content to it:

version: "3.8"

networks:
  web:
    external: true

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:12-alpine
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./data/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: your_password
      PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
    networks:
      web:
        aliases:
          - db.vikunja
        ipv4_address: 172.20.0.2

  redis:
    image: redis:6-alpine
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./data/redis:/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
      interval: 5s
      retries: 5
    networks:
      web:
        aliases:
          - redis.vikunja
        ipv4_address: 172.20.0.3

  vikunja:
    image: vikunja/server
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 3456:3456
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
    environment:
      CACHE_TYPE: redis
      CACHE_REDIS_URL: redis://redis.vikunja:6379/0
      DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:[email protected]:5432/vikunja?sslmode=disable
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: your_password
      SECRET: your_secret
      SESSION_SECRET: your_session_secret
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "localhost", "3456"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
    depends_on:
      - db
      - redis
    networks:
      web:
        ipv4_address: 172.20.0.4

volumes:
  data:
  logs:

Change the your_password, your_secret and your_session_secret fields to your own custom passwords.
Start the Vikunja server by running the following command:
```
docker-compose up -d
```
Vikunja should now be accessible on your system via http://localhost:3456.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Vikunja on Alpine Linux Latest using Docker and Docker Compose. You can use Vikunja for managing your tasks and collaborating with your team more efficiently.