How to Install Black Candy on Fedora Server Latest

Introduction

Black Candy is an open-source project management tool that was designed to help users better organize their tasks and workflow. It comes with a responsive and user-friendly interface with many features such as project tracking, issue tracking, and team collaboration. In this tutorial, we will cover the necessary steps to install Black Candy on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure your server meets the following requirements:

  • You have root access to the server.
  • You have a Fedora Server Latest instance running.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we install Black Candy, we need to make sure that we have all of the necessary dependencies. 

sudo dnf update && sudo dnf install git nodejs redis nginx
sudo systemctl enable redis

Step 2: Obtain Black Candy Source Code

Next, we will clone the Black Candy repository with git.

sudo git clone https://github.com/blackcandy-org/black_candy.git /opt/blackcandy

Step 3: Install Black Candy Dependencies

We will now navigate to the Black Candy directory and install the required dependencies.

cd /opt/blackcandy
sudo npm install

Step 4: Create Configuration File

Create a new configuration file named .env by running the following command:

sudo cp .env.example .env

Then, update the DATABASE_URL variable in the /.env file with your database information. For example:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost/blackcandy

Step 5: Start the Server

Next, we need to start the Black Candy server. We'll do that by running the following command:

sudo npm run start

The server should now be running.

Step 6: Configure NGINX

Finally, we need to configure NGINX to proxy requests to the Black Candy server.

sudo cp /opt/blackcandy/nginx/blackcandy.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/
sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx

Conclusion

That's it! You should now have Black Candy installed and running on your Fedora Server Latest instance. You can access the Black Candy interface at http://<your domain or IP address>. If you encounter any issues, refer to Black Candy's documentation or seek help from the Black Candy community.