How to Install Restyaboard on Ubuntu Server

Restyaboard is an open-source Kanban board application that helps teams to visualize their workflows and collaborate efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Restyaboard on your Ubuntu server.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A server running Ubuntu 20.04 or later
  • A non-root user account with sudo privileges
  • A running instance of MariaDB or MySQL
  • Apache or Nginx web server installed and configured
  • PHP version 7.2 or later installed on your system
  • Git installed on your server

Step 1 - Install Required Packages

Before we proceed with the installation of Restyaboard, we need to install some required packages on our Ubuntu server.

First, update the system packages by running the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Next, install the required packages for building and running the Restyaboard application:

sudo apt install -y git curl zip unzip nano gettext-base build-essential

Step 2 - Install PHP and Required PHP Extensions

Restyaboard is built using the PHP programming language, so we need to install PHP and some required PHP extensions on our Ubuntu server.

To install PHP on your Ubuntu server, run the following command:

sudo apt install -y php php-mysqli php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-curl

After installing PHP, you need to enable some PHP extensions required by the Restyaboard application. To enable the required PHP extensions, run the following commands:

sudo phpenmod mysqli mbstring xml zip curl

Step 3 - Install and Configure MariaDB

Restyaboard requires a running instance of MariaDB or MySQL database server to store its data. If you don't have MariaDB or MySQL installed on your system, you can install it by running the following command:

sudo apt install -y mariadb-server

After installing MariaDB, you need to create a new database and user for Restyaboard. To do that, use the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your MariaDB root password when prompted. Once you are logged in to the MariaDB command-line interface, execute the following commands to create a new database and user for Restyaboard:

CREATE DATABASE restyaboard;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON restyaboard.* TO 'restyaboard_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Make sure to replace password with a secure password of your choice.

Step 4 - Install Restyaboard

Next, we will clone the Restyaboard source code from the Git repository by executing the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/RestyaPlatform/board.git /var/www/restyaboard

Create a new Apache or Nginx virtual host configuration file for Restyaboard with the following command:

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

Add the following Apache virtual host configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName example.com #change as required
   DocumentRoot /var/www/restyaboard
   <Directory /var/www/restyaboard/>
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
      Order allow,deny
      allow from all
   </Directory>
   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/restyaboard_error.log
   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/restyaboard_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Enable the Restyaboard virtual host configuration file and restart Apache:

sudo a2ensite restyaboard.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5 - Configure Restyaboard

To configure Restyaboard, you need to copy the config.example.php file and rename it to config.php.

sudo cp /var/www/restyaboard/application/config/config.example.php /var/www/restyaboard/application/config/config.php

Next, edit the config.php file and update the database details:

sudo nano /var/www/restyaboard/application/config/config.php

Update the following lines in the file with your database credentials:

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost';
$db['default']['username'] = 'restyaboard_user';
$db['default']['password'] = 'password';
$db['default']['database'] = 'restyaboard';

Save and close the file.

Step 6 - Install Restyaboard Dependencies

Before we can use Restyaboard, we need to install its dependencies. To install the dependencies, navigate to the /var/www/restyaboard directory and run the following command:

php composer.phar install

Step 7 - Access Restyaboard

Restyaboard is now installed and accessible through your web browser. To access the application, navigate to http://example.com (replace example.com with your server's domain name or IP address).

You will be prompted to create an admin account and configure some basic settings for your Restyaboard instance.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Restyaboard on Ubuntu Server. We covered the steps required to install PHP and its extensions, configure a database, install Restyaboard, and configure it to work with Apache or Nginx. With Restyaboard installed, you can now start using it to visualize your workflows and collaborate with your team.