How to Install LinkAce on Fedora CoreOS Latest

LinkAce is a free and open-source bookmark manager that allows users to easily store and organize their bookmarks, links, and notes. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install LinkAce on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you should have the following:

A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
A non-root user account with sudo privileges
A terminal window (or SSH connection) to interact with the server

Step 1: Update Packages

First, log in to your Fedora CoreOS Latest instance and update the packages to the latest versions by running the following commands:

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, we need to install some dependencies required by LinkAce. Run the following command to install the required packages:

sudo dnf install -y curl wget unzip git gcc g++

Step 3: Install PHP and Required Extensions

LinkAce requires PHP 7.4 or higher and several PHP extensions to work correctly. To install PHP and the required extensions, run the following commands:

sudo dnf install -y php php-fpm php-cli php-mbstring php-opcache php-xml php-bcmath php-pdo php-mysqli

You can verify the PHP installation by running the following command:

php -v

Step 4: Install Composer

Composer is a PHP dependency manager that we need to install LinkAce. To install it, run the following commands:

cd ~
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

You can verify the Composer installation by running the following command:

composer --version

Step 5: Download and Install LinkAce

Now, we can download and install LinkAce. To do this, follow the below proposed steps:

cd /var/www
sudo git clone https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce.git
cd LinkAce/
sudo composer install

Step 6: Set Up the Database

Before we can run LinkAce, we need to configure the database. First, we should create a new MySQL/MariaDB database:

sudo mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE linkace;
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON linkace.* TO 'linkaceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'STRONG_PASSWORD';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT

Replace STRONG_PASSWORD with your own secure password.

Next, create a .env file in the root directory of the LinkAce installation with the following contents:

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

In the .env file, set the APP_DEBUG and APP_URL parameters, and fill in the database settings:

APP_DEBUG=false                # set to true for development
APP_URL=https://example.com   # set your desired application URL

DB_DATABASE=linkace
DB_USERNAME=linkaceuser
DB_PASSWORD=STRONG_PASSWORD

MAIL_DRIVER=log

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Setting up nginx server

For the set up of server process with port forwarding, you will need to create '/etc/nginx/conf.d/linkace.conf' file with this content:

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name

    access_log /var/log/nginx/linkace.access.log combined;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/linkace.error.log error;

    # Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
    if ($scheme != "https") {
        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

    # SSL configuration
    ssl_certificate /path/to/ssl/certificate;
    ssl_certificate_key /path/to/ssl/private/key;

    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_ciphers AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH:!aNULL;
}

Step 8: Run LinkAce

Finally, start PHP-FPM and the webserver to run LinkAce:

sudo systemctl restart php-fpm
sudo systemctl enable --now nginx

You should now be able to access LinkAce by navigating to https://example.com in your web browser, where example.com is your domain name.

You will also need to run these commands each time you make changes to the code:

cd /var/www/LinkAce/
sudo composer update
sudo chmod -R 777 storage/
sudo php artisan migrate

And that's it! You have successfully installed LinkAce on your Fedora CoreOS Latest instance.