How to Install Kanbana on NixOS Latest

Kanbana is a self-hosted Kanban board application that helps the users to visualize their work process, track their progress, and collaborate with their team members. Here's a tutorial on how to install Kanbana on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

  1. NixOS Latest installed on your machine
  2. Access to the NixOS command-line interface

Steps

Step 1: Clone the Kanbana Repository

First, you need to clone the Kanbana repository from GitHub. Open the terminal and run the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SrGMC/kanbana.git

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL

Kanbana requires a PostgreSQL database to store the application data. To install PostgreSQL on NixOS, run the following command:

nix-env -i postgresql

Step 3: Create a New PostgreSQL Database

After installing PostgreSQL, you need to create a new database for Kanbana. To do this, run the following commands:

sudo -u postgres createuser -P kanbana
sudo -u postgres createdb -O kanbana kanbana

Step 4: Install Kanbana Dependencies

Next, you need to install the Kanbana dependencies. Navigate to the Kanbana directory that you cloned in step 1 and run the following command:

nix-shell --run "npm install"

Step 5: Configure Kanbana

After installing the dependencies, you need to configure Kanbana. You can find the configuration file at config/local.json.

Open the file and make the following changes:

  • Set the PostgreSQL database connection string in the database section.
  • Set the secret key.

Here is an example configuration file:

{
  "database": {
    "client": "pg",
    "connection": {
      "host": "localhost",
      "port": 5432,
      "user": "kanbana",
      "password": "password",
      "database": "kanbana"
    }
  },
  "secret": "your-secret-key"
}

Step 6: Start Kanbana

Finally, you can start Kanbana with the following command:

nix-shell --run "npm run start"

Kanbana will start running on port 3000. To access the Kanbana application, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kanbana on NixOS Latest.