OrangeScrum is an open source, enterprise project management web platform written in CakePHP and is great for projects and time tracking, wiki, document management and more. It also integrates with Microsoft Active Directory.
If you want a project management platform that has enterprise-class features, scalable, and performs at a high level, then OrangeScrum is a good place to start. OrangeScrum is built on an open source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your projects.
OrangeScrum platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile.
For more about OrangeScrum, please check their Homepage
This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install OrangeScrum on Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.10 and 18.04 LTS.
To get started with installing OrangeScrum, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu
Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. so install it since OrangeScrum needs it.
To install Apache2 HTTP on Ubuntu server, run the commands below.
sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2
After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service sudo systemctl start apache2.service sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
To test Apache2 setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see Apache2 default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Apache2 is working as expected.
Step 2: Install MariaDB Database Server
MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open source database servers to use with OrangeScrum. To install MariaDB run the commands below.
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MariaDB service to always start up when the server boots.
Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
Run these on Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
After that, run the commands below to secure MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
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 to MariaDB server
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message
Step 3: Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. in order 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
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt update
Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.2 php7.2-bcmath php7.2-cgi php7.2-cli php7.2-common php-curl php7.2-dba php7.2-enchant php7.2-fpm php7.2-gd php7.2-imap php7.2-intl php7.2-ldap php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-opcache php-imagick php-memcache php7.2-soap php7.2-tidy php7.2-xml php7.2-zip libapache2-mod-php7.2 xvfb libfontconfig wkhtmltopdf
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open PHP default config file for Apache2.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is great settings to apply in your environments.
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On short_open_tag = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 200M max_execution_time = 360 date.timezone = America/Chicago
After making the change above, save the file and close out.
Step 3: Restart Apache2
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
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
To test PHP 7.2 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in Apache2 root directory by running the commands below
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then type the content below and save the file.
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Save the file. then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php
/phpinfo.php
You should see PHP default test page.
Step 4: Create OrangeScrum Database
Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for OrangeScrum to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First run the commands below to create a blank OrangeScrum database.
To logon to MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called orangescrum
CREATE DATABASE orangescrum;
Create a database user called orangescrumuser with new password
CREATE USER 'orangescrumuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON orangescrum.* TO 'orangescrumuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Step 5: Download OrangeScrum Latest Release
You can get the latest version of OrangeScrum from the link below.
Run the commands below to download and extract the downloaded file to Apache2 root directory.
cd /tmp wget /418ae4d8ef1309695804a7837cd4fc65/ubuntu18-php7 -O orangescrum-ubuntu18-php7.zip unzip orangescrum-ubuntu18-php7.zip sudo mv orangescrum-orangescrum-ubuntu18-php7 /var/www/html/orangescrum-master
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for OrangeScrum to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/orangescrum-master/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/orangescrum-master/
Next, run the commands below to import OrangeScrum database content from its root directory into the new database created above.
cd /var/www/html/orangescrum-master/ sudo mysql -u orangescrumuser -p orangescrum < database.sql
Then run the commands below to open OrangeScrum default database config file.
sudo nano /var/www/html/orangescrum-master/app/Config/database.php
Next, update the highlighted lines and save the file.
class DATABASE_CONFIG {
public $default = array(
'datasource' => 'Database/Mysql',
'persistent' => false,
'host' => 'localhost',
'login' => 'orangescrumuser',
'password' => 'new_password_here',
'database' => 'orangescrum',
'prefix' => '',
'encoding' => 'utf8',
);
}
save the file and exit
Step 6: Configure Apache2
Finally, configure Apahce2 site configuration file for OrangeScrum. This file will control how users access OrangeScrum content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called orangescrum.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/orangescrum.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your own domain name and directory root location.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/orangescrum-master
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/orangescrum-master/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/orangescrum-master/>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php [PT,L]
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Step 7: Enable the OrangeScrum and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below
sudo a2ensite orangescrum.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo phpenmod mbstring sudo a2enmod headers
Step 8 : Restart Apache2
To load all the settings above, restart Apache2 by running the commands below.
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name.
You will be asked to provide your Company Name, Email address and a Password to and click Signup. After that, you will be redirected to the Orangescrum dashboard at the backend.
Congratulation! You have successfully installed OrangeScrum CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10.
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