How to Install Restyaboard on OpenBSD

Restyaboard is an open-source kanban board software that allows a user to manage tasks and collaborate effectively. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Restyaboard on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed on your system
• Sudo user access

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before we start with the installation process of Restyaboard, we need to install the required dependencies. OpenBSD uses the pkg_add command to install packages from the OpenBSD package repository. We can install the required dependencies by running the following command:

sudo pkg_add node ruby ruby-bundler ruby-rake mariadb-server mariadb-client mariadb

Step 2: Download Restyaboard

Download the latest release of Restyaboard from https://github.com/RestyaPlatform/board/releases. Extract the downloaded file in the desired directory. In this tutorial, we will extract Restyaboard in the /opt directory.

sudo tar -xzf restyaboard-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /opt/

Step 3: Install Restyaboard

After extracting Restyaboard, navigate to the extracted directory and install Restyaboard using the following command:

sudo bundle install

Step 4: Create MariaDB Database

We need to create a MariaDB database to store the Restyaboard data. Log in to the MariaDB server using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root

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

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE restyaboard;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'restyaboarduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON restyaboard.* TO 'restyaboarduser'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit;

Step 5: Configure Restyaboard

Copy the example configuration file to the main configuration file and edit the configuration file to specify the database connection details:

sudo cp config/application.yml.example config/application.yml
sudo vi config/application.yml

Replace the following lines in the file with the database connection details:

production:
  database:
    adapter: mysql2
    encoding: utf8mb4
    collation: utf8mb4_unicode_ci
    pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
    host: localhost
    username: root
    password: ''
    database: restyaboard
    socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

Change the username and password to the newly created MariaDB user and password respectively.

Step 6: Start Restyaboard

After configuring Restyaboard, start it using the following command:

sudo rake restyaboard:build
sudo rake restyaboard:start

Now, you can access the Restyaboard using a web browser by visiting http://localhost:8000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned the steps to install Restyaboard on OpenBSD. Restyaboard is now ready to use for managing tasks and collaborating effectively.