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What Is Focalboard?

Focalboard is a self-hosted, open source, multilingual project management solution that competes with Trello, Notion, and Asana. It aids in the definition, organization, tracking, and management of work across individuals and teams. Personal desktop, which is a stand-alone single-user Mac, Windows, or Linux desktop programfor your to-dos and personal projects, and professional desktop, which is a multi-user Mac, Windows, or Linux desktop app for your to-dos and personal projects. The other is mattermost boards, which is a self-hosted or cloud-based planning and collaboration platform for your team. Focalboard can also be used as a stand-alone personal server for testing and development.

It assists your software development team in staying on track to accomplish tasks, meet milestones, and meet objectives. With this open source alternative to apps like OpenProject, Redmine you can plan every project and hit every deadline. It was created by a group of dedicated developers at AssistNix Your team can even collaborate on shared project boards with Focalboard Personal Server.

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Key Features Of FocalBoard

Focalboard has all the features you need to accelerate your business growth and provide exceptional customer experiences.

Focalboard Installation

On a personal computer, you can install the Focalboard app; macOS: Focalboard is available on the App Store.
Focalboard is available on the Microsoft App Store for Windows.

To install Personal Desktop for Linux, follow these steps:

Download focalboard-linux.tar.gz from GitHub's most recent release. The.tar.gz archive must be unpacked. From the FocalBoard-app folder, open FocalBoard-app. Any sort of software, including Ubuntu, CentOS, and Windows, can be installed. If you face any problem while installing the software you can contact our team and they will help you with the whole process. Our team at AssistNix will make sure that you have successfully installed FocalBoard app.

How To Install Focalboard In Nginx / Ubuntu / CentOS

Download FocalBoard

Install NGINX

For Ubuntu:

#sudo apt update 
#sudo apt install nginx 

For CentOS:

#sudo yum update
#sudo yum install nginx

Configure NGINX

Create a new site config:

 #sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/focalboard

Copy and paste this configuration:

upstream focalboard {
   server localhost:8000;
   keepalive 32;
}

server {
   listen 80 default_server;

 location ~ /ws/* 
{
       proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
       proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
       client_max_body_size 50M;
       proxy_set_header Host $http_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;
       proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
       proxy_buffers 256 16k;
       proxy_buffer_size 16k;
       client_body_timeout 60;
       send_timeout 300;
       lingering_timeout 5;
       proxy_connect_timeout 1d;
       proxy_send_timeout 1d;
       proxy_read_timeout 1d;
       proxy_pass http://focalboard;
   }

   location / {
       client_max_body_size 50M;
       proxy_set_header Connection "";
       proxy_set_header Host $http_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;
       proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
       proxy_buffers 256 16k;
       proxy_buffer_size 16k;
       proxy_read_timeout 600s;
       proxy_cache_revalidate on;
       proxy_cache_min_uses 2;
       proxy_cache_use_stale timeout;
       proxy_cache_lock on;
       proxy_http_version 1.1;
       proxy_pass http://focalboard;
   }
}
;

If there is a default site, you may need to delete it

# sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Enable the Focalboard site, test the config, and reload NGINX:

# sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/focalboard /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/focalboard
# sudo nginx -t
# sudo /etc/init.d/nginx reload

Set up TLS on NGINX

refer:

https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/terminating-ssl-http/

Install Postgresql (Recommended)

For Ubuntu:

# sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib

For CentOS:

# sudo yum install postgresql

Then run as the postgres user to create a new database:

# sudo --login --user postgres

On the psql prompt, run the following commands (change the user/password to your own values):

# CREATE DATABASE boards;
# CREATE USER boardsuser WITH PASSWORD 'boardsuser-password';
# \q

Exit the postgres user session:

# exit

Edit the Focalboard config.json:

# nano /opt/focalboard/config.json

Change the dbconfig setting to use the postgres database you created:

"dbtype": "postgres",
"dbconfig": "postgres://boardsuser:boardsuser-pas[email protected]/boards?sslmode=disable&connect_timeout=10",

Change the dbconfig setting to use the MySQL database you created:

When MySQL is being used, using collation is recommended over using charset.

Using a variant of utf8mb4 collation is required. For example, utf8mb4_general_ci is used by default when no collation is specified.

If you're using Focalboard as a Mattermost Plugin prior to version 0.9 with MySQL, please ensure the collations of focalboard tables (tables with the prefix focalboard_) is the same as the collation of mattermost tables.

"dbtype": "mysql",

"dbconfig": "boardsuser:[email protected](127.0.0.1:3306)/boards",

Configure Focalboard to run as a service

This will keep the server running across reboots. First, create a new service config file:

# sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/focalboard.service

Paste in the following:

[Unit]
Description=Focalboard server

[Service]
Type=simple

Restart=always

RestartSec=5s

ExecStart=/opt/focalboard/bin/focalboard-server

WorkingDirectory=/opt/focalboard

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Make systemd reload the new unit, and start it on machine reboot:

# sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# sudo systemctl start focalboard.service
# sudo systemctl enable focalboard.service

Test the server

# curl localhost:8000
# curl localhost

Set up the server

Registering the first user

After installing the server, open a browser to the domain you used (or http://localhost:8000 for local installs). You should be redirected to the login screen. Click the link to register a new user instead, and complete the registration.

The first user registration will always be permitted, but subsequent registrations will require an invite link which includes a code. You can invite additional users by clicking on your username in the top left, then selecting "Invite users".

Step By Step Guide Of How To Use Focalboard By AssistNix

This guide is an overview of the basic features to get you started. Focalboard is an open source project that is being updated continuously.

1. Adding new Boards

To add new boards you need to click on the +Add Board option then pick a template. Click on 'Property menu' and 'Data created'. And the properties will be added to the card display.

2. Renaming Boards

You can easily rename the boards. Simply click on the board title when you want to edit the name. And then you can rename it.

3. Adding new Views

To add new views click on the dropdown that is next to the view name. Click on 'Add View' and a new view will be added.

4. Dragging cards

If you want to sort the cards you can simply do it by dragging them. Drag the card from one column to another column to arrange the cards.

5. Editing cards

If you want to edit the cards then click on card editor from there you can edit the properties and content of the content such as images. After you are done click on Esc to close the card editor.

6. Table Views

Each column corresponds to a card property. Cells can be edited directly, or you can open the card editor for a row by hovering over the title and clicking "open". Click on headers to sort them, or insert new properties.

7. Card templates

To change or edit card templates open the card editor, select the options menu (at the top right), then select New template from the card. There you can edit the card templates.

8. Board templates

Similarly, the "+ Add board" tab allows you to create board templates. To make a template off of an existing board, follow these steps: Select New template from the board from the options menu by hovering over the board title in the sidebar.

9. Sharing boards

Hover your mouse over the board menu's right-hand side. To share a board, go to the settings menu and select Share board. You can then share the link by copying it.

10. Archives

From the options menu, which contains import archive and export archive, you may export an archive of all your boards. Image and file attachments, such as those included in a card, are not yet included in the archive.

FAQs For Focalboard Application