- \n
- Ubuntu 16.04 server<\/li>\n
- Root privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What we will do<\/h2>\n
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- Update Repository and Upgrade System<\/li>\n
- Install Nodejs<\/li>\n
- Install and Configure MongoDB<\/li>\n
- Install Wekan<\/li>\n
- Running Wekan as a Service on Ubuntu 16.04<\/li>\n
- Install and Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Wekan<\/li>\n
- Testing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Step 1 – Update and Upgrade System<\/h2>\n
Connect to the server using your ssh login.<\/p>\n
ssh [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n
Now update all repositories on the system, and then upgrade all packages using the apt commands below.<\/p>\n
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade<\/p>\nStep 2 – Install Nodejs<\/h2>\n
Wekan is a nodejs based application, and it requires nodejs version 4.8. In this tutorial, we will not install nodejs from the Ubuntu repository, rather we’ll install nodejs 4.8 using the nvm Node Version Manager.<\/p>\n
Before installing nodejs, add new system user ‘wekan’ using the command below.<\/p>\n
useradd -m -s \/bin\/bash wekan
passwd wekan<\/p>\nLogin as the ‘wekan’ user, and then download and run the nvm installer script.<\/p>\n
su – wekan
curl -o- https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/creationix\/nvm\/v0.33.8\/install.sh | bash<\/p>\nThe command will install nvm under ‘wekan’ user and add new configuration to the ‘.bashrc’ configuration file. Reload the ‘.bashrc’ file.<\/p>\n
source ~\/.bashrc<\/p>\n
Now test using the nvm command as below.<\/p>\n
command -v nvm
nvm –version<\/p>\nAnd you can see the nvm ‘0.33.8’ installed on the system.<\/p>\n
Next, install nodejs 4.8 using nvm Node Version Manager.<\/p>\n
Run the nvm install commands shown below.<\/p>\n
nvm install v4.8
nvm use node<\/p>\nAfter the installation is complete, check the node version.<\/p>\n
node -v<\/p>\n
And you should get nodejs 4.8 as installed on the Ubuntu 16.04, under the ‘wekan’ user.<\/p>\n
![\"Install](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3 – Install and Configure MongoDB<\/h2>\n
In this step, we will install and configure MongoDB NoSQL database. Wekan requires MongoDB 3.2.x for its installation.<\/p>\n
Add the MongoDB key as well as the repository to the system by running the command below.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver hkp:\/\/keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 –recv EA312927
echo “deb http:\/\/repo.mongodb.org\/apt\/ubuntu xenial\/mongodb-org\/3.2 multiverse” | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/mongodb-org-3.2.list<\/p>\n![\"Install](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-1.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow update the repository and install MongoDB using the apt command.<\/p>\n
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y mongodb-org mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-tools<\/p>\nAfter the installation is complete, start the MongoDB service and enable it to launch every time at system boot.<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod<\/p>\nMongoDB 3.2 has been installed on the Ubuntu 16.04 system.<\/p>\n
Next, we need to configure the MongoDB authentication. Login to the mongo shell and create a new ‘admin’ superuser.<\/p>\n
Login to the mongo shell.<\/p>\n
mongo<\/p>\n
Create a new ‘admin’ user with password ‘MyAdminPassword’ and set the role as ‘root’.<\/p>\n
Run the MongoDB queries below.<\/p>\n
db.createUser(
\u00a0 {
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 user: “admin”,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pwd: “MyAdminPassword”,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 roles: [ { role: “root”, db: “admin” } ]\u00a0 }
)<\/p>\nThe MongoDB admin user has been created.<\/p>\n
Now we need to edit the configuration file ‘\/etc\/mongod.conf’ to enable the authentication.<\/p>\n
Edit the configuration file ‘mongod.conf’ using vim<\/a>.<\/p>\n
vim \/etc\/mongod.conf<\/p>\n
Uncomment the ‘security’ line and add the configuration as shown below.<\/p>\n
security:
Save and exit.<\/p>\n
Now restart the MongoDB service.<\/p>\n
systemctl restart mongod<\/p>\n
The MongoDB authentication has been enabled.<\/p>\n
![\"MongoDB](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-2.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNext, we need to create new database and user for Wekan. We will create a new database named ‘wekan’ with user ‘wekan’ with password ‘WekanPassword’.<\/p>\n
Login to the mongo shell as the admin user.<\/p>\n
mongo -u admin -p<\/p>\n
Type the admin password ‘MyAdminPassword’.<\/p>\n
And when you get the mongo shell, run the MongoDB queries below.<\/p>\n
use wekan
db.createUser(
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 {
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 user: “wekan”,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pwd: “WekanPassword”,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 roles: [“readWrite”]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 }
\u00a0)<\/p>\nThe database and user for wekan installation have been created.<\/p>\n
![\"database](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-3.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 4 – Install Wekan<\/h2>\n
Login as the ‘wekan’ user.<\/p>\n
su – wekan<\/p>\n
Download the latest version wekan source code using the wget command and extract it.<\/p>\n
wget https:\/\/github.com\/wekan\/wekan\/releases\/download\/v0.63\/wekan-0.63.tar.gz
tar xf wekan-0.63.tar.gz<\/p>\nAnd you will get a new directory named ‘bundle’. Go to that directory and install the Wekan dependencies using the npm command as shown below.<\/p>\n
cd bundle\/programs\/server
npm install<\/p>\nAfter all the installation is complete, you will get the result as shown below.<\/p>\n
![\"Install](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-4.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNext, we will try to run Wekan on the system.<\/p>\n
Run the following commands to set up the environment variables for Wekan application.<\/p>\n
export MONGO_URL=’mongodb:\/\/wekan:[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>:27017\/wekan?authSource=wekan’
export ROOT_URL=’http:\/\/192.168.33.10\/’
export MAIL_URL=’smtp:\/\/user:[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>:25\/’
export MAIL_FROM=’[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>‘
export PORT=8000<\/p>\nNow go to the ‘bundle’ directory and run the Wekan Node.js application.<\/p>\n
cd ~\/bundle
node main.js<\/p>\n![\"wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-5.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nWekan server is now running under port 8000. Open your web browser and type your server address with port 8000. Mine is\u00a0http:\/\/192.168.33.10:8000\/<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
And you will get the Wekan login page as shown below.<\/p>\n
![\"Wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-6.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nWekan is now successfully installed on the Ubuntu 16.04.<\/p>\n
Step 5 – Configure Wekan as a Service<\/h2>\n
We will be running the Wekan application as a service on Ubuntu system. So we need to create new service file under the systemd directory.<\/p>\n
Before creating the Wekan service file, we need to create the environment variable file.<\/p>\n
Login as the ‘wekan’ user.<\/p>\n
su – wekan<\/p>\n
Go to the ‘bundle\/’ directory and create new environment variable file ‘.env’ using vim<\/p>\n
cd bundle\/
vim .env<\/p>\nPaste the following configuration there.<\/p>\n
MONGO_URL='mongodb:\/\/wekan:[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>:27017\/wekan?authSource=wekan'
Save and exit.<\/p>\n
Now back to your root terminal and go to the ‘\/etc\/systemd\/system’ directory, then create a new service file ‘wekan.service’.<\/p>\n
cd \/etc\/systemd\/system\/
vim wekan.service<\/p>\nPaste the following configuration there.<\/p>\n
[Unit]
Save and exit.<\/p>\n
Reload the systemd system using the systemctl command.<\/p>\n
systemctl daemon-reload<\/p>\n
Start the Wekan service and enable it to launch every time at system boot.<\/p>\n
systemctl start wekan
systemctl enable wekan<\/p>\n![\"Wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-7.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow check the Wekan service using commands below.<\/p>\n
netstat -plntu
systemctl status wekan<\/p>\nAnd following are the results.<\/p>\n
![\"Wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-8.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nWekan is now running under port 8000, running as a service on Ubuntu 16.04 system.<\/p>\n
Step 6 – Install Nginx as a Reverse proxy for Wekan<\/h2>\n
In this step, we will install Nginx web server and configure it as a reverse proxy for Wekan service that’s running under port 8000.<\/p>\n
Install Nginx web server from the Ubuntu repository using the apt command below.<\/p>\n
sudo apt install nginx -y<\/p>\n
After the installation is complete, go to the ‘\/etc\/nginx\/sites-available’ directory and create a new virtual host file ‘wekan’.<\/p>\n
cd \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available
vim wekan<\/p>\nPaste the following virtual host configuration there.<\/p>\n
server {\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/wekan-access.log;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 location \/ {
Save and exit.<\/p>\n
Now activate the virtual host and run test nginx configuration, and make sure there is no error.<\/p>\n
ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/wekan \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/
nginx -t<\/p>\nAssuming everything went fine, now restart the Nginx service and enable it to launch every time at system boot.<\/p>\n
systemctl restart nginx
systemctl enable nginx<\/p>\n![\"Configure](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-9.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow check the HTTP port using the netstat command, and make sure it is on the ‘LISTEN’ state.<\/p>\n
netstat -plntu<\/p>\n
![\"Nginx](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-10.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nConfiguration of Nginx virtual host for the Wekan Node.js application has been completed.<\/p>\n
Step 7 – Testing<\/h2>\n
Open your web browser and type the Wekan installation URL on the address bar, mine is\u00a0http:\/\/wekan.hakase-labs.co\/<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
And you will be redirected to the login page, click on the ‘Register’ link.<\/p>\n
![\"Wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-11.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow type your username, email, password, and leave Invitation Code blank.<\/p>\n
![\"Username](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-12.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nClick the blue ‘Register’ button.<\/p>\n
And you will likely get the ‘Internal Server Error’ message – leave it and back to your terminal. Because we will activate the first user from the terminal.<\/p>\n
Open your terminal and log in to the mongo shell as ‘wekan’ user.<\/p>\n
mongo -u wekan -p –authenticationDatabase “wekan”<\/p>\n
Now activate the user using queries below.<\/p>\n
use wekan
db.users.update({username:’hakase’},{$set:{isAdmin:true}})<\/p>\nExit from the mongo shell.<\/p>\n
![\"Mongo](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-14.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nBack to your browser and open again the Wekan url installation.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/wekan.hakase-labs.co\/<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Type your username and password, then click the ‘Sign In’ button.<\/p>\n
![\"Sign](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-16.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nAnd now you should get the Wekan user dashboard.<\/p>\n
![\"Wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-18.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"wekan](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-install-wekan-trello-like-kanban-on-ubuntu-16-04-20.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n