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In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to Install Focalboard on Ubuntu 20.04
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana. It’s a project management tool that helps define, organize, track and manage work across teams, using a familiar kanban board view
Update the System.
apt update
apt upgradeInstall Focalboard
Download the focalboard packages and then move it into /opt/focalboard directory.
wget https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard/releases/download/v0.9.2/focalboard-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvzf focalboard-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv focalboard /optInstall NGINX
Now install NGINX using the following command. By default, the Focalboard server runs on port 8000.
sudo apt install nginxAdjust firewall setting as per your need. You can open port 8000 in the firewall or you can disable the firewall in your server.
Configure NGINX
Create new config site.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/focalboardCopy and paste this configuration.
upstream focalboard {
server localhost:8000;
keepalive 32;
}
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name focalboard.example.com;
location ~ /ws/* {
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
client_max_body_size 50M;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
proxy_buffers 256 16k;
proxy_buffer_size 16k;
client_body_timeout 60;
send_timeout 300;
lingering_timeout 5;
proxy_connect_timeout 1d;
proxy_send_timeout 1d;
proxy_read_timeout 1d;
proxy_pass http://focalboard;
}
location / {
client_max_body_size 50M;
proxy_set_header Connection "";
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
proxy_buffers 256 16k;
proxy_buffer_size 16k;
proxy_read_timeout 600s;
proxy_cache_revalidate on;
proxy_cache_min_uses 2;
proxy_cache_use_stale timeout;
proxy_cache_lock on;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_pass http://focalboard;
}
}If there is a default site, then delete it.
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/defaultTest the config and reload NGINX using the following commands:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/focalboard /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/focalboard
sudo nginx -t
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx reloadInstall Postgresql
To install Postgresql, run the following commands on the server.
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contribNow login as a postgres user to create new database,
sudo --login --user postgres
psqlCurrently you are in psql prompt, run the following commands,
CREATE DATABASE focal;
CREATE USER focaluser WITH PASSWORD 'focaluser-password';
\qExit the session.
exitEdit the Focalboard /opt/focalboard/config.json,
nano /opt/focalboard/config.jsonModify the dbconfig in the file with the postgres database that was created.
"dbtype": "postgres",
"dbconfig": "postgres://boardsuser:boardsuser-password@localhost/boards?sslmode=disable&connect_timeout=10",Move focalboard-server file in /opt/focalboard/ directory,
mv /opt/focalboard/bin/focalboard-server /opt/focalboard/Configure Focalboard Service
Create a new service config file,
sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/focalboard.serviceAnd paste following lines in file.
[Unit]
Description=Focalboard server
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/opt/focalboard/focalboard-server
WorkingDirectory=/opt/focalboard
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.targetMake systemd reload the new unit, and enable it.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start focalboard.service
sudo systemctl enable focalboard.serviceEnter the IP Address:8000 in browser to open the focalboar. You will see following screen.
You will see the Focalboard dashboard,
Done.
Important: After the installation has completed unmount the ISO and reboot the server.