Installing Taiga on NixOS Latest

Taiga is a project management tool that helps you manage your work effectively with ease. In this guide, you will learn how to install Taiga on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• NixOS Latest installed on your system.
• A user account with superuser access.

Step 1: Install PostgreSQL database

Taiga requires PostgreSQL to store its data. You can install PostgreSQL using the following command:

sudo nix-env -i postgresql

Step 2: Configure PostgreSQL database

Once PostgreSQL is installed, you can create a new database for Taiga using the following commands:

sudo -i -u postgres
createdb taiga

You should see the message CREATE DATABASE if the database was created successfully.

Next, you need to create a user for the database. Run the following command to create the user taigaadmin with the password password.

createuser taigaadmin --interactive --pwprompt

You will be prompted to enter a password for the user. Type in password and press Enter.

Step 3: Install Taiga

With the database configured, you can now proceed to install Taiga. First, create a new directory called taiga in your home directory:

mkdir ~/taiga
cd ~/taiga

Next, download and extract the Taiga source code:

wget https://github.com/taigaio/taiga-back/archive/stable.tar.gz
tar xvzf stable.tar.gz

This will extract the Taiga source code to a directory called taiga-back-stable.

Step 4: Configure Taiga settings

You need to configure Taiga with your PostgreSQL database credentials. Change directory to the settings directory:

cd taiga-back-stable/settings

Copy the default configuration file to a new file called local.py:

cp -a example.env local.py

Next, open the local.py file in your favorite editor:

nano local.py

Replace the DATABASES section with the following:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'taiga',
        'USER': 'taigaadmin',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Install Taiga dependencies

Taiga has a number of dependencies that need to be installed before it can run. You can install them using the following command:

sudo nix-env -i python3 python3Packages.pip
pip3 install -r ~/taiga/taiga-back-stable/requirements.txt

Step 6: Create Taiga database tables

Before you can start using Taiga, you need to create the necessary database tables. Change directory to the root of the Taiga source code:

cd ~/taiga/taiga-back-stable

Run the following command to create the database tables:

python3 manage.py migrate --noinput

Step 7: Start Taiga

With the database configured and the necessary dependencies installed, you can now start Taiga using the following command:

python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

This will start Taiga on http://localhost:8000.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Taiga on NixOS Latest. You can now access Taiga by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000.