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Running it on Debian Stretch

1. Install the required packages:

sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml \
    php7.0-intl php7.0-mbstring git curl

2. Clone the repository

sudo git clone https://github.com/monicahq/monica.git /var/www/monica

3. Change permissions on the new folder

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/monica

4. Install nodejs (this is needed for npm)

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

5. Install composer

sudo php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
sudo php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '669656bab3166a7aff8a7506b8cb2d1c292f042046c5a994c43155c0be6190fa0355160742ab2e1c88d40d5be660b410') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
sudo php composer-setup.php
sudo php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

The first set of commands downloaded the binary and this command renames it moves it to the bin directory.

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

6. Setup the database

First we're making the database a bit more secure.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Next log in with the root account to configure the database.

sudo mysql -uroot -p

This command creates a database called monicadb

create database monicadb;

while this commands creates a database user called monica and its password 'strongpassword'.

CREATE USER 'monica'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';

We have to authorize the new user on the monicadb so that he is allowed to change the database.

GRANT ALL ON monicadb.* TO 'monica'@'localhost';

And finally we apply the changes and exit the database.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

7. Configure Monica

Run composer install in the folder the repository has been cloned to. Which in our case would be /var/www/monica.

Create a copy of the example configuration file cp .env.example .env.

Now Update .env with your specific needs. If you would run the setup with the exact commands used above your file should look like this:

# Two choices: local|production.
APP_ENV=local

# true if you want to show debug information on error. For production, put this
# to false.
APP_DEBUG=true

# The encryption key. This is the most important part of the application. Keep
# this secure otherwise, everyone will be able to access your application.
# Must be 32 characters long exactly.
# Use `php artisan key:generate` to generate a random key.
APP_KEY=ChangeMeBy32KeyLengthOrGenerated

# The URL of your application.
APP_URL=http://localhost

# Frequency of creation of new log files.
# Possible values: single|daily|syslog|errorlog
APP_LOG=daily

# Database information
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=monicadb
DB_USERNAME=monica
DB_PASSWORD=strongpassword
DB_TEST_DATABASE=monica_test
DB_TEST_USERNAME=homestead
DB_TEST_PASSWORD=secret

# Mail credentials used to send emails from the application.
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=ValidEmailAddress
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Some Name"
APP_EMAIL_NEW_USERS_NOTIFICATION=EmailThatWillSendNotificationsForNewUser

# Default timezone for new users. Users can change this setting inside the
# application at their leisure.
# Must be exactly one of the timezones used in this list:
# https://github.com/monicahq/monica/blob/master/resources/views/settings/index.blade.php#L70
APP_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE=America/New_York
APP_DISABLE_SIGNUP=false

# Specific to the hosted version on .com. You probably don't need those.
GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_APP_ID=
INTERCOM_APP_ID=

# Change this only if you know what you are doing
CACHE_DRIVER=database
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync

The next 5 lines are taken more or less 1:1 from the main generic installation guide. Mainly because the author was unsure about their purpose.

Run php artisan key:generate to generate an application key. This will set APP_KEY with the right value automatically. php artisan migrate to run all migrations. php artisan storage:link to enable avatar uploads for the contacts. php artisan db:seed --class ActivityTypesTableSeeder to populate the activity types. php artisan db:seed --class CountriesSeederTable to populate the countries table.

8. Configure cron job

As recommended by the generic installation instructions we create a cronjob which runs artisan schedule:run every minute.

For this execute this command:

sudo crontab -e

And then add this line to the bottom of the window that opens.

* * * * * sudo -u www-data php /var/www/html/artisan schedule:run

9. Configure Apache webserver

We need to enable the rewrite module of the Apache webserver:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Now look for this section in the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file.

<Directory /var/www>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

and change it to:

<Directory /var/www/monica>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Save the apache2.conf file and open /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and look for this line:

DocumentRoot /var/www/html

and change it to:

DocumentRoot /var/www/monica/public

After you save the 000-default.conf file you can finally restart Apache and are up and running.

sudo service apache2 restart