How to Install Galette on Ubuntu Server Latest

Galette is a free and open-source membership management software that can be used to create and manage membership lists, generate invoices, track payments, and more. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Galette on Ubuntu Server.

Prerequisites

• A server running Ubuntu Server Latest installed.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.
• Apache web server installed and configured.
• PHP 7.1 or later installed and configured.
• MySQL database server installed and configured.

Step 1: Install required packages

To install the packages required by Galette, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 php7.1 php7.1-mysql mysql-server

Step 2: Create a Database for Galette

Before installing Galette, you need to create a database for it. To create a database for Galette, run the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the MySQL root user password when prompted. Then, create a new database by running the following command:

CREATE DATABASE galette_db;

Next, create a new MySQL user and grant the user all privileges on the Galette database. To do this, run the following commands:

CREATE USER 'galette_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON galette_db.* TO 'galette_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Remember to replace password with a strong password for your Galette user.

Step 3: Download and Install Galette

Download Galette from the official website or from the following link: https://galette.eu/download/latest.tar.gz. Then, extract the downloaded archive to the document root of your web server:

cd /var/www/html/
sudo tar xzf ~/Downloads/galette_latest.tar.gz
sudo mv galette-* galette

Change ownership of the Galette files to the Apache user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/galette

Step 4: Configure Apache for Galette

Create a new virtual host configuration for Galette:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/galette.conf

And add the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName example.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/galette/
        <Directory /var/www/html/galette/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace example.com with your own domain name.

Enable the new virtual host configuration and restart Apache:

sudo a2ensite galette.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

Step 5: Configure Galette

Open your web browser and navigate to your domain name (e.g., http://example.com/). You should see the Galette setup page. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. When prompted, enter the following details:

• Database type: MySQL
• Database server: localhost
• Database name: galette_db
• Database user: galette_user
• Database password: password

Remember to replace password with the password you set for your Galette user.

Once Galette is installed, you can log in with the default credentials:

• Username: admin
• Password: password

Remember to change the password after logging in.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Galette on your Ubuntu Server.