Installation

#!/bin/bash

echo "This script installs a new BookStack instance on a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 server."
echo "This script does not ensure system security."
echo ""

# Generate a path for a log file to output into for debugging
LOGPATH=$(realpath "bookstack_install_$(date +%s).log")

# Get the current user running the script
SCRIPT_USER="${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

# Get the current machine IP address
CURRENT_IP=$(ip addr | grep 'state UP' -A4 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f1  -d'/')

# Generate a password for the database
DB_PASS="$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 13)"

# The directory to install BookStack into
BOOKSTACK_DIR="/var/www/bookstack"

# Get the domain from the arguments (Requested later if not set)
DOMAIN=$1

# Prevent interactive prompts in applications
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

# Echo out an error message to the command line and exit the program
# Also logs the message to the log file
function error_out() {
  echo "ERROR: $1" | tee -a "$LOGPATH" 1>&2
  exit 1
}

# Echo out an information message to both the command line and log file
function info_msg() {
  echo "$1" | tee -a "$LOGPATH"
}

# Run some checks before installation to help prevent messing up an existing
# web-server setup.
function run_pre_install_checks() {
  # Check we're running as root and exit if not
  if [[ $EUID -gt 0 ]]
  then
    error_out "This script must be ran with root/sudo privileges"
  fi

  # Check if Apache appears to be installed and exit if so
  if [ -d "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled" ]
  then
    error_out "This script is intended for a fresh server install, existing apache config found, aborting install"
  fi

  # Check if MySQL appears to be installed and exit if so
  if [ -d "/var/lib/mysql" ]
  then
    error_out "This script is intended for a fresh server install, existing MySQL data found, aborting install"
  fi
}

# Fetch domain to use from first provided parameter,
# Otherwise request the user to input their domain
function run_prompt_for_domain_if_required() {
  if [ -z "$DOMAIN" ]
  then
    info_msg ""
    info_msg "Enter the domain (or IP if not using a domain) you want to host BookStack on and press [ENTER]."
    info_msg "Examples: my-site.com or docs.my-site.com or ${CURRENT_IP}"
    read -r DOMAIN
  fi

  # Error out if no domain was provided
  if [ -z "$DOMAIN" ]
  then
    error_out "A domain must be provided to run this script"
  fi
}

# Install core system packages
function run_package_installs() {
  apt update
  apt install -y git unzip apache2 php8.1 curl php8.1-curl php8.1-mbstring php8.1-ldap \
  php8.1-xml php8.1-zip php8.1-gd php8.1-mysql mysql-server-8.0 libapache2-mod-php8.1
}

# Set up database
function run_database_setup() {
  mysql -u root --execute="CREATE DATABASE bookstack;"
  mysql -u root --execute="CREATE USER 'bookstack'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '$DB_PASS';"
  mysql -u root --execute="GRANT ALL ON bookstack.* TO 'bookstack'@'localhost';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
}

# Download BookStack
function run_bookstack_download() {
  cd /var/www || exit
  git clone https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack.git --branch release --single-branch bookstack
}

# Install composer
function run_install_composer() {
  EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
  php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
  ACTUAL_CHECKSUM="$(php -r "echo hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php');")"

  if [ "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" != "$ACTUAL_CHECKSUM" ]
  then
      >&2 echo 'ERROR: Invalid composer installer checksum'
      rm composer-setup.php
      exit 1
  fi

  php composer-setup.php --quiet
  rm composer-setup.php

  # Move composer to global installation
  mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
}

# Install BookStack composer dependencies
function run_install_bookstack_composer_deps() {
  cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
  export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
  php /usr/local/bin/composer install --no-dev --no-plugins
}

# Copy and update BookStack environment variables
function run_update_bookstack_env() {
  cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
  cp .env.example .env
  sed -i.bak "s@APP_URL=.*\$@APP_URL=http://$DOMAIN@" .env
  sed -i.bak 's/DB_DATABASE=.*$/DB_DATABASE=bookstack/' .env
  sed -i.bak 's/DB_USERNAME=.*$/DB_USERNAME=bookstack/' .env
  sed -i.bak "s/DB_PASSWORD=.*\$/DB_PASSWORD=$DB_PASS/" .env
  # Generate the application key
  php artisan key:generate --no-interaction --force
}

# Run the BookStack database migrations for the first time
function run_bookstack_database_migrations() {
  cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
  php artisan migrate --no-interaction --force
}

# Set file and folder permissions
# Sets current user as owner user and www-data as owner group then
# provides group write access only to required directories.
# Hides the `.env` file so it's not visible to other users on the system.
function run_set_application_file_permissions() {
  cd "$BOOKSTACK_DIR" || exit
  chown -R "$SCRIPT_USER":www-data ./
  chmod -R 755 ./
  chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage
  chmod 740 .env

  # Tell git to ignore permission changes
  git config core.fileMode false
}

# Setup apache with the needed modules and config
function run_configure_apache() {
  # Enable required apache modules
  a2enmod rewrite
  a2enmod php8.1

  # Set-up the required BookStack apache config
  cat >/etc/apache2/sites-available/bookstack.conf <<EOL
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName ${DOMAIN}

  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot /var/www/bookstack/public/

  <Directory /var/www/bookstack/public/>
      Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride None
      Require all granted
      <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
          <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
              Options -MultiViews -Indexes
          </IfModule>

          RewriteEngine On

          # Handle Authorization Header
          RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
          RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

          # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
          RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

          # Handle Front Controller...
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
          RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
      </IfModule>
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>
EOL

  # Disable the default apache site and enable BookStack
  a2dissite 000-default.conf
  a2ensite bookstack.conf

  # Restart apache to load new config
  systemctl restart apache2
}

info_msg "This script logs full output to $LOGPATH which may help upon issues."
sleep 1

run_pre_install_checks
run_prompt_for_domain_if_required
info_msg ""
info_msg "Installing using the domain or IP \"$DOMAIN\""
info_msg ""
sleep 1

info_msg "[1/9] Installing required system packages... (This may take several minutes)"
run_package_installs >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[2/9] Preparing MySQL database..."
run_database_setup >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[3/9] Downloading BookStack to ${BOOKSTACK_DIR}..."
run_bookstack_download >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[4/9] Installing Composer (PHP dependency manager)..."
run_install_composer >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[5/9] Installing PHP dependencies using composer..."
run_install_bookstack_composer_deps >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[6/9] Creating and populating BookStack .env file..."
run_update_bookstack_env >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[7/9] Running initial BookStack database migrations..."
run_bookstack_database_migrations >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[8/9] Setting BookStack file & folder permissions..."
run_set_application_file_permissions >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "[9/9] Configuring apache server..."
run_configure_apache >> "$LOGPATH" 2>&1

info_msg "----------------------------------------------------------------"
info_msg "Setup finished, your BookStack instance should now be installed!"
info_msg "- Default login email: [email protected]"
info_msg "- Default login password: password"
info_msg "- Access URL: http://$CURRENT_IP/ or http://$DOMAIN/"
info_msg "- BookStack install path: $BOOKSTACK_DIR"
info_msg "- Install script log: $LOGPATH"
info_msg "---------------------------------------------------------------"