taiga Installation Guide Installation Guide

taiga is a free and open-source project management platform. Taiga provides agile project management for developers

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 5GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80 (default taiga port)

API on port 8000

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install taiga
sudo dnf install -y taiga

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now taiga

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install taiga
sudo apt install -y taiga

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now taiga

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Install taiga
sudo pacman -S taiga

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now taiga

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Install taiga
apk add --no-cache taiga

# Enable and start service
rc-update add taiga default
rc-service taiga start

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Install taiga
sudo zypper install -y taiga

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now taiga

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install taiga

# Start service
brew services start taiga

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install taiga

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'taiga_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service taiga start

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install taiga

# Or using Scoop
scoop install taiga

# Verify installation
taiga --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/taiga

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
taiga --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable taiga

# Start service
sudo systemctl start taiga

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop taiga

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart taiga

# Check status
sudo systemctl status taiga

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u taiga -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add taiga default

# Start service
rc-service taiga start

# Stop service
rc-service taiga stop

# Restart service
rc-service taiga restart

# Check status
rc-service taiga status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'taiga_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service taiga start

# Stop service
service taiga stop

# Restart service
service taiga restart

# Check status
service taiga status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start taiga
brew services stop taiga
brew services restart taiga

# Check status
brew services list | grep taiga

powershell

# Start service
net start taiga

# Stop service
net stop taiga

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service taiga
Stop-Service taiga
Restart-Service taiga

# Check status
Get-Service taiga

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream taiga_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name taiga.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name taiga.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/taiga.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/taiga.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://taiga_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName taiga.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://taiga.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName taiga.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/taiga.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/taiga.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend taiga_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/taiga.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend taiga_backend

backend taiga_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server taiga1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R taiga:taiga /etc/taiga
sudo chmod 750 /etc/taiga

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status taiga

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u taiga -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep taiga)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/taiga"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/taiga-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/taiga /var/lib/taiga

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/taiga-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop taiga

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/taiga/taiga-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start taiga

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u taiga -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/taiga/taiga.log

# Check configuration
taiga --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/taiga

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep taiga)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep taiga)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  taiga:
    image: taiga:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/taiga
      - ./data:/var/lib/taiga
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update taiga

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade taiga

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu taiga

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade taiga

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update taiga

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade taiga

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/taiga-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/taiga

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart taiga

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/taiga

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/taiga -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/taiga

Official Documentation: https://docs.taiga.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/taiga/taiga

Community Forum: https://forum.taiga.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.taiga.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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