Wekan¶

Wekan - Open Source kanban

Note

For this guide you should be familiar with the basic concepts of

License¶

Wekan is released under the very permissive MIT License. All relevant information can be found in the GitHub repository of the project.

Prerequisites¶

We’re using Nodejs in the stable version 12:

[isabell@stardust ~]$ $ uberspace tools version use node 12
Selected Node.js version 12
The new configuration is adapted immediately. Minor updates will be applied automatically.
[isabell@stardust ~]$

The domain you want to use should be already set up:

[isabell@stardust ~]$ uberspace web domain list
isabell.uber.space
[isabell@stardust ~]$

We’ll also need MongoDB, so follow the MongoDB guide and come back when it’s running.

Let’s create a password for a new database:

[isabell@stardust ~]$ pwgen 15 1
randompassword
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Once we have that, let’s create the new database for Wekan itself.

[isabell@stardust ~]$ mongo
MongoDB shell version v4.4.1
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:21017/admin
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("6fd371f6-e1fa-461c-be0c-ea3cbe230a01") }
MongoDB server version: 4.4.1
> use wekan
> db.createUser(
   {
     user: "wekan",
     pwd: "randompassword",
     roles: ["readWrite"]
   }
  )
> exit
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Installation¶

Download and extract .ZIP archive¶

Check the Wekan website for the latest release and copy the download link to the wekan-*.*.zip file. Then use wget to download it. Replace the URL with the one you just copied.

Warning

Make sure to use the latest version from the latest release page, as Wekan is developed in a fast pace.

[isabell@stardust ~]$ wget https://releases.wekan.team/wekan-4.43.zip
[…]
Saving to: ‘wekan-4.43.zip’

100%[========================================================================================================================>] 3,172,029   3.45MB/s   in 0.9s

2018-10-11 14:48:20 (3.45 MB/s) - 'wekan-4.43.zip' saved [3172029]
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Unzip the archive and then delete it. Replace the version in the file name with the one you downloaded.

[isabell@stardust ~]$ unzip wekan-4.43.zip
[isabell@stardust ~]$ rm wekan-4.43.zip
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Install server¶

Change into the server folder of wekan and delete two files before installing all dependencies and compile the code using node.

[isabell@stardust ~]$ cd bundle/programs/server
[isabell@stardust server]$ rm node_modules/.bin/node-gyp
[isabell@stardust server]$ rm node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp
[isabell@stardust server]$ npm install node-gyp node-pre-gyp fibers
[isabell@stardust server]$ cd
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Configuration¶

Setup daemon¶

Next, we set up the daemon so that wekan is started automatically. Create ~/etc/services.d/wekan.ini with the following content:

[program:wekan]
environment=PORT="8080",MONGO_URL="mongodb://wekan:randompassword@127.0.0.1:27017/wekan",ROOT_URL="https://isabell.uber.space"
directory=%(ENV_HOME)s/bundle
command=node main.js
autostart=yes
autorestart=yes

Now let’s start the service:

After creating the configuration, tell supervisord to refresh its configuration and start the service:

[isabell@stardust ~]$ supervisorctl reread
SERVICE: available
[isabell@stardust ~]$ supervisorctl update
SERVICE: added process group
[isabell@stardust ~]$ supervisorctl status
SERVICE                            RUNNING   pid 26020, uptime 0:03:14
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Configure Webserver¶

Lastly, we connect the server to the web.

Note

For this guide, Wekan will run on port 8080.

To make the application accessible from the outside, configure a web backend:

[isabell@stardust ~]$ uberspace web backend set / --http --port <port>
Set backend for / to port <port>; please make sure something is listening!
You can always check the status of your backend using "uberspace web backend list".
[isabell@stardust ~]$

Finishing installation¶

Point your browser to your Uberspace URL and create a user account which will be also your admin account.

Tuning¶

There are many more options that can be set via environment variables. To get an overview, have a look at the Wekan Wiki.

Updates¶

To update, simply download the newest version from the latest release website, unpack and rebuild.

Note

Check the update feed regularly to stay informed about the newest version. Wekan is updated often.

Tested with Wekan 4.43, Uberspace 7.7.9.0

Written by: Andrej <https://github.com/schoeke>