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BookStack

Requirements

Installation:

BookStack has the following requirements:

PHP >= 7.4 For installation and maintenance, you’ll need to be able to run php from the command line.

Required Extensions: OpenSSL, PDO, MBstring, Tokenizer, GD, MySQL, SimpleXML & DOM

MySQL >= 5.6 or MariaDB >= 10.0

For the storage ofInstalling BookStack content(Debian and11) data.

  1. Single Database (All permissions advised since application manages schema)

    Git Version Control

    For application of updates when following our standard process.

    Composer >= v2.0

    For installation and management of our PHPInstall dependencies.

    apt install -y git unzip apache2 php7.4 curl php7.4-fpm php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-ldap \
php7.4-tidy php7.4-xml php7.4-zip php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.4 \
default-mysql-server

ASetup database.

DB_PASS="$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 13)"
mysql -u root --execute="CREATE DATABASE bookstack;"
mysql -u root --execute="CREATE USER 'bookstack'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password AS PASSWORD('$DB_PASS');"
mysql -u root --execute="GRANT ALL ON bookstack.* TO 'bookstack'@'localhost';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
# TODO: Consider moving away from 'mysql_native_password' to a more secure authentication mechanism.

Install PHP Compatiblepackage Webservermanager.

# Install composer
EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
ACTUAL_CHECKSUM="$(php -r "echo hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php');")"

if [ "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" != "$ACTUAL_CHECKSUM" ]
then
    >&2 echo 'ERROR: Invalid composer installer checksum'
    rm composer-setup.php
    exit 1
fi

php composer-setup.php --quiet
rm composer-setup.php

# Move composer to global installation
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

ForDownload usage withBookStack PHP and for serving staticwebapp files.

cd /var/www
git clone https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack.git --branch release --single-branch bookstack
cd bookstack

Configure BookStack.

# Install BookStack composer dependencies
export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
php /usr/local/bin/composer install --no-dev --no-plugins

# Copy and update BookStack environment variables
cp .env.example .env
sed -i.bak "s@APP_URL=.*\$@APP_URL=http://$DOMAIN@" .env
sed -i.bak 's/DB_DATABASE=.*$/DB_DATABASE=bookstack/' .env
sed -i.bak 's/DB_USERNAME=.*$/DB_USERNAME=bookstack/' .env
sed -i.bak "s/DB_PASSWORD=.*\$/DB_PASSWORD=$DB_PASS/" .env

# Generate the application key
php artisan key:generate --no-interaction --force
# Migrate the databases
php artisan migrate --no-interaction --force

# Set file and folder permissions
chown www-data:www-data -R bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage && chmod -R 755 bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage

Configure Apache to serve new BookStack app.

# Set up apache
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod php7.4

# Create apache config file to serve webapp
vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bookstack.conf
    <VirtualHost *:80>
            ServerName 10.10.10.100           # Set to static IP otherwise define hostname in DNS entry for it to work.
            ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
            DocumentRoot /var/www/bookstack/public/
        <Directory /var/www/bookstack/public/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride None
            Require all granted
            <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
                <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
                    Options -MultiViews -Indexes
                </IfModule>
                RewriteEngine On
                # Handle Authorization Header
                RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
                RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
                # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
                RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
                RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
                RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
                # Handle Front Controller...
                RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
                RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
                RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
            </IfModule>
        </Directory>
            ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
            CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    </VirtualHost>

Verify config file and enable it

apachectl configtest
a2dissite 000-default.conf              # Disable default website
a2ensite bookstack.conf
systemctl restart apache2

Login into Bookstack: Browser > $BOOKSTACK_IP > Login('admin@admin.com', 'password')

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