How to Install Admidio on Alpine Linux Latest

Admidio is a web-based group management tool that helps you to manage your organization's members, events, and finances. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure Admidio on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, you need to have the following requirements:

• A server or VPS running Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access or a user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update and Upgrade Alpine Linux

The first step is to update and upgrade the packages on your Alpine Linux. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Apache and PHP

Admidio requires a web server and PHP to run. In this step, we will install Apache and PHP packages on Alpine Linux using the following command:

sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2

After installing the packages, start the Apache web server and set it to automatically start at boot time by running this command:

sudo rc-update add apache2
sudo service apache2 start

Step 3: Install and Configure MySQL

Admidio requires a database to store its data. In this tutorial, we will use MySQL as the database. Install MySQL by running this command:

sudo apk add mysql mysql-client

After installing MySQL, start the MySQL service and set it to automatically start at boot time by running the following commands:

sudo rc-update add mysql
sudo service mysql start

Then, set a root password for MySQL root user by running:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 4: Download Admidio

Download the latest version of Admidio from the official website https://www.admidio.org/ to your Alpine Linux using the following command:

wget https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/releases/download/v{version_number}/admidio-{version_number}.zip

Replace {version_number} with the actual version number of Admidio.

After downloading Admidio, extract it to the Apache web directory using this command:

sudo unzip admidio-{version_number}.zip -d /var/www/localhost/htdocs/

Step 5: Configure Admidio

Access the Admidio directory in your Alpine Linux file system by running:

cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/admidio

Next, run the web-based installer script of Admidio by navigating to the installation script URL of your web browser. The URL should be http://<your_server_ip_address>/admidio/install.php. Fill in the necessary information like the database name, database user, and database password.

Step 6: Test Admidio

You've successfully installed Admidio on Alpine Linux. Visit the URL http://<your_server_ip_address>/admidio to access Admidio in your web browser. Log in using the username and password that you have created during the installation.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Admidio on Alpine Linux Latest.