How to Install Traq on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Traq is a PHP-based project management tool designed for developers, allowing teams to track and manage their projects in one place. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Traq on a Fedora CoreOS system.

Prerequisites

To continue with this tutorial, you need the following:

• A Fedora CoreOS operating system installed on your system
• Root privileges on the system where you want to install Traq
• A web server installed on your system (in this tutorial we will use Apache)

Step 1 — Installing Apache and PHP

First, we will install Apache, PHP and PHP extensions on our Fedora CoreOS system.

To install Apache and PHP, run the following commands:

sudo rpm-ostree install httpd php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-ldap php-xml

This will install Apache with PHP and some necessary PHP extensions.

Step 2 — Installing MariaDB

Traq uses a database to store all project information. In this tutorial, we will be using MariaDB as our database.

To install MariaDB, run the following command:

sudo rpm-ostree install mariadb mariadb-server

This will install MariaDB and its server component.

Step 3 — Configuring MariaDB

Before we create a new database for Traq, we need to secure our MariaDB installation by running the following command:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow the prompts to configure MariaDB security.

Next, create a new database and user for Traq:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the root password when prompted. Once logged in, create a new database called traqdb:

CREATE DATABASE traqdb;

Create a new user and grant them access to the database:

CREATE USER 'traqdbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON traqdb.* TO 'traqdbuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Make sure to replace your_password with an actual password.

Step 4 — Download Traq

We will now download Traq from the official website. You can visit the Traq website by navigating to https://traq.io/ .

Once the website loads, click on the Download button and save the zip file to your system.

Unzip the downloaded file to the Apache web root directory:

sudo unzip traq*.zip -d /var/www/html/
sudo mv /var/www/html/traq* /var/www/html/traq

This will create a new directory traq in the /var/www/html/ directory.

Step 5 — Configuring Traq

Now that Traq is installed, we need to configure it to connect to our MariaDB database.

To do this, edit the config.php file located in the \traq\app\configs directory:

sudo nano /var/www/html/traq/app/configs/config.php

Update the following settings:

$config['db.host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db.user'] = 'traqdbuser';
$config['db.password'] = 'your_password';
$config['db.name'] = 'traqdb';

Make sure to replace your_password with the database user password you created earlier.

Save and close the file.

Step 6 — Enabling SELinux

By default, SELinux is enabled on Fedora CoreOS, and this may prevent Traq from working properly. We can configure SELinux to allow Traq to work properly as follows:

sudo setsebool -P httpd_execmem 1
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/traq/app/libs/Data/Cache(/.*)?"
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/traq/app/libs/Data/Logs(/.*)?"
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/traq/app/plugins(/.*)?"
sudo restorecon -Rv /var/www/html/traq
sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 7 — Accessing Traq

Traq is now installed and ready to use. To access it, navigate to http://<your_server_ip>/traq in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Traq on a Fedora CoreOS system. We also secured our MariaDB installation, downloaded and configured Traq, and enabled SELinux to allow Traq to function properly.