Whether you’re creating a personal or company setting up a self-hosted project management platform, Kanboard can help you build and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful user and admin dashboard. This brief tutorial will show students and new users how to install Kanboard project management software with Apache2, MariaDB, and PHP 7.2 support on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS. Some features of this platform include:

Visualize your work Limit your work in progress to focus on your goal Drag and drop tasks to manage your project Self-hosted Super simple installation

When you’re ready, follow the steps below:

Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use today. since Kanboard needs it to go and install it on Ubuntu. To install Apache2 HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Apache2 setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Apache2 default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Apache2 is working as expected.

Install MariaDB Database Server

MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with Kanboard. To install MariaDB run the commands below. After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the MariaDB service always to start up when the server boots. Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Run these on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access. When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter Set root password? [Y/n]: Y New password: Enter password Re-enter new password: Repeat password Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

Restart MariaDB server To test if MariaDB is installed, type the commands below to logon into the MariaDB server Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message

PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. to install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories. Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2 Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2 Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Apache2. Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is a great setting to apply in your environment. After making the change above, save the file and close it. After installing PHP and related modules, all you have to do is restart Apache2 to reload PHP configurations. To restart Apache2, run the commands below To test PHP 7.2 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in the Apache2 root directory by running the commands below Then type the content below and save the file. Save the file. then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php You should see the PHP default test page.

Create Kanboard Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for Kanboard to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank Kanboard database. To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below. Then create a database called kanboard Create a database user called kanboarduser with a new password Then grant the user full access to the database. Finally, save your changes and exit.

Download and Install Kanboard

To get Kanboard’s latest release you may want to use the GitHub repository… Install Composer, Curl and other dependencies to get started… After installing curl and Composer above, change into the /temp directory. download and extract, move Kanboard content to the Apache2 root directory… then install from there. After that, use composer to install its dependencies. After that, run the commands below to open its configuration file. Then make the highlighted changes below: Next, run the commands below to change the root folder permissions.

Configure Kanboard Site

Next, configure the Apache2 configuration file for Kanboard. This file will control how users access Kanboard content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called kanboard. conf Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location. Save the file and exit. After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below

Enable the Kanboard Site and Rewrite Module

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Apache2 server. Next, open your browser and go to the URL. You should see the Kanboard backend login page Login with username: admin and password: admin Congratulations! you have learned how to install the Kanboard Project Management Platform on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04 LTS Enjoy! You may also like the post below: