3 echo "This script installs a new BookStack instance on a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server."
4 echo "This script does not ensure system security."
7 # Generate a path for a log file to output into for debugging
8 LOGPATH=$(realpath "bookstack_install_$(date +%s).log")
10 # Get the current user running the script
11 SCRIPT_USER="${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"
13 # Get the current machine IP address
14 CURRENT_IP=$(ip addr | grep 'state UP' -A4 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f1 -d'/')
16 # Generate a password for the database
17 DB_PASS="$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 13)"
19 # The directory to install BookStack into
20 BOOKSTACK_DIR="/var/www/bookstack"
22 # Get the domain from the arguments (Requested later if not set)
25 # Prevent interactive prompts in applications
26 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
28 # Echo out an error message to the command line and exit the program
29 # Also logs the message to the log file
30 function error_out() {
31 echo "ERROR: $1" | tee -a "$LOGPATH" 1>&2
35 # Echo out an information message to both the command line and log file
37 echo "$1" | tee -a "$LOGPATH"
40 # Run some checks before installation to help prevent messing up an existing
42 function run_pre_install_checks() {
43 # Check we're running as root and exit if not
46 error_out "This script must be ran with root/sudo privileges"
49 # Check if Apache appears to be installed and exit if so
50 if [ -d "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled" ]
52 error_out "This script is intended for a fresh server install, existing apache config found, aborting install"
55 # Check if MySQL appears to be installed and exit if so
56 if [ -d "/var/lib/mysql" ]
58 error_out "This script is intended for a fresh server install, existing MySQL data found, aborting install"
62 # Fetch domain to use from first provided parameter,
63 # Otherwise request the user to input their domain
64 function run_prompt_for_domain_if_required() {
68 info_msg "Enter the domain (or IP if not using a domain) you want to host BookStack on and press [ENTER]."
69 info_msg "Examples: my-site.com or docs.my-site.com or ${CURRENT_IP}"
73 # Error out if no domain was provided
76 error_out "A domain must be provided to run this script"
80 # Install core system packages
81 function run_package_installs() {
83 apt install -y git unzip apache2 curl mysql-server-8.0 php8.3 \
84 php8.3-fpm php8.3-curl php8.3-mbstring php8.3-ldap php8.3-xml php8.3-zip php8.3-gd php8.3-mysql
88 function run_database_setup() {
89 # Ensure database service has started
90 systemctl start mysql-server.service
93 # Create the required user database, user and permissions in the database
94 mysql -u root --execute="CREATE DATABASE bookstack;"
95 mysql -u root --execute="CREATE USER 'bookstack'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '$DB_PASS';"
96 mysql -u root --execute="GRANT ALL ON bookstack.* TO 'bookstack'@'localhost';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
100 function run_bookstack_download() {
102 git clone https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack.git --branch release --single-branch bookstack
106 function run_install_composer() {
107 EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
108 php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
109 ACTUAL_CHECKSUM="$(php -r "echo hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php');")"
111 if [ "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" != "$ACTUAL_CHECKSUM" ]
113 >&2 echo 'ERROR: Invalid composer installer checksum'
114 rm composer-setup.php
118 php composer-setup.php --quiet
119 rm composer-setup.php
121 # Move composer to global installation
122 mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
125 # Install BookStack composer dependencies
126 function run_install_bookstack_composer_deps() {
127 cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
128 export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
129 php /usr/local/bin/composer install --no-dev --no-plugins
132 # Copy and update BookStack environment variables
133 function run_update_bookstack_env() {
134 cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
136 sed -i.bak "s@APP_URL=.*\$@APP_URL=http://$DOMAIN@" .env
137 sed -i.bak 's/DB_DATABASE=.*$/DB_DATABASE=bookstack/' .env
138 sed -i.bak 's/DB_USERNAME=.*$/DB_USERNAME=bookstack/' .env
139 sed -i.bak "s/DB_PASSWORD=.*\$/DB_PASSWORD=$DB_PASS/" .env
140 # Generate the application key
141 php artisan key:generate --no-interaction --force
144 # Run the BookStack database migrations for the first time
145 function run_bookstack_database_migrations() {
146 cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
147 php artisan migrate --no-interaction --force
150 # Set file and folder permissions
151 # Sets current user as owner user and www-data as owner group then
152 # provides group write access only to required directories.
153 # Hides the `.env` file so it's not visible to other users on the system.
154 function run_set_application_file_permissions() {
155 cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
156 chown -R "$SCRIPT_USER":www-data ./
158 chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage
161 # Tell git to ignore permission changes
162 git config core.fileMode false
165 # Setup apache with the needed modules and config
166 function run_configure_apache() {
167 # Enable required apache modules and config
168 a2enmod rewrite proxy_fcgi setenvif
171 # Set-up the required BookStack apache config
172 cat >/etc/apache2/sites-available/bookstack.conf <<EOL
176 ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
177 DocumentRoot /var/www/bookstack/public/
179 <Directory /var/www/bookstack/public/>
180 Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
183 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
184 <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
185 Options -MultiViews -Indexes
190 # Handle Authorization Header
191 RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
192 RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
194 # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
195 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
196 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
197 RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
199 # Handle Front Controller...
200 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
201 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
202 RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
206 ErrorLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
207 CustomLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
212 # Disable the default apache site and enable BookStack
213 a2dissite 000-default.conf
214 a2ensite bookstack.conf
216 # Restart apache to load new config
217 systemctl restart apache2
218 # Ensure php-fpm service has started
219 systemctl start php8.3-fpm.service
222 info_msg "This script logs full output to $LOGPATH which may help upon issues."
225 run_pre_install_checks
226 run_prompt_for_domain_if_required
228 info_msg "Installing using the domain or IP \"$DOMAIN\""
232 info_msg "[1/9] Installing required system packages... (This may take several minutes)"
233 run_package_installs >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
235 info_msg "[2/9] Preparing MySQL database..."
236 run_database_setup >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
238 info_msg "[3/9] Downloading BookStack to ${BOOKSTACK_DIR}..."
239 run_bookstack_download >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
241 info_msg "[4/9] Installing Composer (PHP dependency manager)..."
242 run_install_composer >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
244 info_msg "[5/9] Installing PHP dependencies using composer..."
245 run_install_bookstack_composer_deps >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
247 info_msg "[6/9] Creating and populating BookStack .env file..."
248 run_update_bookstack_env >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
250 info_msg "[7/9] Running initial BookStack database migrations..."
251 run_bookstack_database_migrations >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
253 info_msg "[8/9] Setting BookStack file & folder permissions..."
254 run_set_application_file_permissions >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
256 info_msg "[9/9] Configuring apache server..."
257 run_configure_apache >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1
259 info_msg "----------------------------------------------------------------"
260 info_msg "Setup finished, your BookStack instance should now be installed!"
262 info_msg "- Default login password: password"
263 info_msg "- Access URL: http://$CURRENT_IP/ or http://$DOMAIN/"
264 info_msg "- BookStack install path: $BOOKSTACK_DIR"
265 info_msg "- Install script log: $LOGPATH"
266 info_msg "---------------------------------------------------------------"