Manual Installation

• git ( https://git-scm.com )
• composer ( https://getcomposer.org )
• PHP ≥ 8.0.2
• MySQL, Postgres, SQLite or SQL Server (currently only MySQL and PostgreSQL and SQLite were tested)

• git clone https://github.com/fr0tt/benotes

  download files version-controlled

• composer install

  install dependencies accordingly to your php version

• cp .env.example .env

  copy configuration file

• create a database
• also edit DB_DATABASE , DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD in .env file accordingly. If you use something else than MySQL you need to adjust DB_CONNECTION and most likely DB_PORT as well. DATABASE_URL is also supported if you want to you use that instead.

  in order to be able to connect to your database

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhostOrYourDatabaseIpAddress
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=yourDatabaseName
DB_USERNAME=yourDatabaseUsername
DB_PASSWORD=yourDatabasePassword

DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=localhostOrYourDatabaseIpAddress
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=yourDatabaseName
DB_USERNAME=yourDatabaseUsername
DB_PASSWORD=yourDatabasePassword

DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
DB_DATABASE=/absolute/path/to/your/storage/database.sqlite
          

• php artisan install

  amongst other: create database tables and fill them. Type yes if asked

• ln -sfn ../storage/app/public/ public/storage

  create symlink for storage

• chown -R :www-data storage && chmod -R 774 storage

  make storage directory writable for webserver if your webserver runs as user www-data

• if you wish to use it on a production server change in your .env file APP_ENV from local to production
• configure your webserver to point to the public directory or use for testing purposes php artisan serve

• git pull

  upgrade files

• composer install

  upgrade dependencies

• php artisan migrate

  upgrade database schemas

• php artisan cache:clear

  clear cache