I'm trying to install Cattr (cattr.app), an open source time tracking app somewhat similar to the Upwork Desktop app. Basically it tracks the time you spend on a task and takes screenshots at periodic intervals.

The repo for the app is located at git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/app. Somewhat outdated install instructions are located at docs.cattr.app/#/en/advanced/

What I have done.
1. Spun up a Fresh instance of Debian 11
2. Update repos and upgraded preinstalled apps.

 sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

3. Installed basic prequisites

sudo apt install git wget sudo curl wget gnupg gnupg2 sb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common -y

4. Installed MySQL 8.0

#Install MySQL
wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.30-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.8.30-1_all.deb
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mysql-server -y
sudo apt install php8.2 php8.2-{bcmath,bz2,intl,gd,mbstring,mysql,zip,curl,xml} -y
sudo apt install nginx php8.2-fpm -y

I noticed that running

sudo apt install nginx php8.2-fpm -y

resulted in Apache2 getting installed causing nginx to fail when I attempt to start it using

systemctl restart nginx

. So I uninstalled Apache

5. Uinstall Apache

sudo systemctl stop apache2
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2-bin apache2.2-common
sudo apt-get remove apache2
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2
sudo rm -rf /var/www
sudo rm -rf /var/log/apache2
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apache2

6. Restarted nginx and php8.2-fpm

# Restart services to apply changes
sudo systemctl restart nginx
sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm

7.Installed Node.js v18 (the app does not support versions greater than v18)

# Install Node.js
#curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | sudo -E bash -
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs

8. Installed Yarn

#install Yarn
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install yarn

9. Installed Composer

#install Composer
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'dac665fdc30fdd8ec78b38b9800061b4150413ff2e3b6f88543c636f7cd84f6db9189d43a81e5503cda447da73c7e5b6') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

At this point, all the required pre-requisites were installed. So I switched to the website to follow their install instractions

10. Cloned the repo

cd /opt
git clone https://git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/app.git
cd app

11. Started install (which went swimmingly)

sudo composer install && sudo php artisan key:generate && sudo yarn
sudo php artisan migrate --seed --seeder=InitialSeeder
sudo php artisan cattr:make:admin
npm run prod

Snippet from My nginx.conf (/etc/nginx/nginx.conf)

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name 10.10.10.218;
    #root /var/www/html;
    root /opt/app/public;

    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

When I eventually visit the url at http://10{.}10{.}10{.}218 I get an Error 500 with almost nothing to go on with. I have checked the

storage/logs/laravel.log

and I only see an older error message about

Mix manifest not found at: /opt/app/public/mix-manifest.json

which I have since resolved by running

npm run prod

. I have looked at the Chrome browser console and the errors there don't make any sense as I don't even know what to look for even though i see a handful of errors mostly about

WebSocket connection to wss://10.10.10.218/app/cattr?protocol=7&client=js&version=8.4.8-rc2&flash=false

Is anyone able to suggest how to troubleshoot this? Spent well over 8 hours getting to this point and I am exasperated and knackered. Please help

Uninstall every Laravel components and install Ruby on rails

I think the problem you are facing is that you are trying to install directly, I presume you are on a mac.

Try to install Laragon or Herd, then from there run your app.

I know nothing about Herd but if you would be using Laragon, you'd have to move your app into the /www folder, cd into it and install the node and composer packages.

Then you run your php artisan serve and npm run dev or prod to serve both back and front-end.

Screenshot your composer.Json and package.json file, let's see.

Karleb:
I think the problem you are facing is that you are trying to install directly, I presume you are on a mac.

Try to install Laragon or Herd, then from there run your app.

I know nothing about Herd but if you would be using Laragon, you'd have to move your app into the /www folder, cd into it and install the node and composer packages.

Then you run your php artisan serve and npm run dev or prod to serve both back and front-end.

Screenshot your composer.Json and package.json file, let's see.

On a second look, I think you need to create a database in MySQL, the database name and password.

Then put those details in your .env file.

Then run your app again.

Check if you have the .env file . If it doesnt exist , create one and copy over the contents of .env.example

Karleb and Chukwuebuka65

The .env file exists with correct database credentials. The database was correctly created and seeded.

airsaylongcome:
Karleb and Chukwuebuka65

The .env file exists with correct database credentials. The database was correctly created and seeded.

Screenshot your error logs here. Both on the browser console and laravel.log.

Did you forget to yarn install because I'm seeing you didn't include the step here.

airsaylongcome:
Karleb and Chukwuebuka65

The .env file exists with correct database credentials. The database was correctly created and seeded.

Check if the "APP_DEBUG" env variable is set to "true" for better error messages.

This is why docker -compose exists, just use an image instead of doing it manually

qtguru:
This is why docker -compose exists, just use an image instead of doing it manually

I've been down that alley with several bruises. Make I share YAML make you epp review? Plus final product needs to be manual as I am running this on an Debian 11 LXC. Ẹ dey do me somehow to run Docker on top a virtualization container

Yes share the YAML let me take a look

qtguru:
This is why docker -compose exists, just use an image instead of doing it manually

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I’d be glad if I can get it from you

Lovebuddy:


Hello, pls I need the ielts material you gave to someone here
I’d be glad if I can get it from you

I'll share it

qtguru:
Yes share the YAML let me take a look

Here's you go

version: '3.9'

services:
  backend: &app
    image: registry.git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/cattr-backend:latest
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    volumes:
      - backend_public:/app/public
      - backend_storage:/app/storage
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'wget --spider -q "http://127.0.0.1:8090/status"']
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 2s

  queue:
    <<: *app
    command: ['queue']
    depends_on:
      backend:
        condition: service_healthy
    healthcheck: {}

  cron:
    <<: *app
    command: ['cron']
    depends_on:
      backend:
        condition: service_healthy
    healthcheck: {}

  frontend:
    image: registry.git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/cattr-frontend:latest
    depends_on:
      backend:
        condition: service_healthy
    volumes:
      - backend_public:/backend
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8089:8080"
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'curl --fail -LI http://127.0.0.1:8080 -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" -s > /dev/null']
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 2s

  db:
    image: percona:latest
    environment:
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=cattr
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
    cap_add:
      - SYS_NICE
    volumes:
      - database:/var/lib/mysql
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD', 'mysqladmin', 'ping', '-h', 'localhost']
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 10

volumes:
  backend_public: {}
  backend_storage: {}
  database: {} 

Their bash install script:

#!/bin/bash

# Colors
RESET='\033[0m'
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
ORANGE='\033[0;33m'
LIGHTCYAN='\033[1;36m'

# Docker required version variables
REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION='20.10'
REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION='2.3.4'

# Checking if docker and docker-compose exists
if ! command -v docker --version &> /dev/null
then
    echo -e "${RED}docker${RESET} could not be found. ${LIGHTCYAN}Please install version >= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION}${RESET}"
    exit
fi

if ! command -v docker-compose --version &> /dev/null
then
    echo -e "${RED}docker-compose${RESET} could not be found. ${LIGHTCYAN}Please install version >= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}${RESET}"
    exit
fi

# Docker current version variables
CURRENT_DOCKER_VERSION="$(docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}')"
CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="$(docker-compose version --short)"

# Version check function "greater than or equal to"
function version_ge() { test "$(echo "$@" | tr " " "\n" | sort -rV | head -n 1)" == "$1"; }

# Check docker and docker-compose versions
if ! version_ge $CURRENT_DOCKER_VERSION $REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION; then
   echo -e "${RED}Please upgrade docker!${RESET}"
   echo -e "Your docker version is: ${RED}${CURRENT_DOCKER_VERSION}${RESET}. Required version is ${GREEN}>= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION}${RESET}"
fi

if ! version_ge $CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION $REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION; then
   echo -e "${RED}Please upgrade docker-compose!${RESET}"
   echo -e "Your docker-compose version is: ${RED}${CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}${RESET}. Required version is ${GREEN}>= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}${RESET}"
fi

echo -e "${GREEN}Cattr for Docker installer"
echo -e "${RESET}We will ask you a few questions to configure your shiny new Cattr instance\n"

echo -e "\nStarting installation\n"

echo -e "\nDownloading docker-compose.yml"

wget https://git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/docker/-/releases/permalink/latest/downloads/compose -O ./docker-compose.yml

echo -e "\nTrying to run docker compose"

docker-compose -p cattr up -d

echo -e "\n${GREEN}Docker container was deployed.${RESET}"

docker-compose -p cattr run --rm -it backend install

# Exit
echo -e "\n${GREEN}Installation is done, thank you!${RESET}"

When I spin this up, the healthcheck for the cattr-frontend container returns as unhealthy.

Docker is running the lates version (26.x I believe)
docker-compose is v2.27

airsaylongcome:


Here's you go

version: '3.9'

services:
  backend: &app
    image: registry.git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/cattr-backend:latest
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    volumes:
      - backend_public:/app/public
      - backend_storage:/app/storage
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'wget --spider -q "http://127.0.0.1:8090/status"']
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 2s

  queue:
    <<: *app
    command: ['queue']
    depends_on:
      backend:
        condition: service_healthy
    healthcheck: {}

  cron:
    <<: *app
    command: ['cron']
    depends_on:
      backend:
        condition: service_healthy
    healthcheck: {}

  frontend:
    image: registry.git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/cattr-frontend:latest
    depends_on:
      backend:
        condition: service_healthy
    volumes:
      - backend_public:/backend
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8089:8080"
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'curl --fail -LI http://127.0.0.1:8080 -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" -s > /dev/null']
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 2s

  db:
    image: percona:latest
    environment:
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=cattr
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
    cap_add:
      - SYS_NICE
    volumes:
      - database:/var/lib/mysql
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD', 'mysqladmin', 'ping', '-h', 'localhost']
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 10

volumes:
  backend_public: {}
  backend_storage: {}
  database: {} 

Their bash install script:

#!/bin/bash

# Colors
RESET='\033[0m'
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
ORANGE='\033[0;33m'
LIGHTCYAN='\033[1;36m'

# Docker required version variables
REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION='20.10'
REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION='2.3.4'

# Checking if docker and docker-compose exists
if ! command -v docker --version &> /dev/null
then
    echo -e "${RED}docker${RESET} could not be found. ${LIGHTCYAN}Please install version >= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION}${RESET}"
    exit
fi

if ! command -v docker-compose --version &> /dev/null
then
    echo -e "${RED}docker-compose${RESET} could not be found. ${LIGHTCYAN}Please install version >= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}${RESET}"
    exit
fi

# Docker current version variables
CURRENT_DOCKER_VERSION="$(docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}')"
CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="$(docker-compose version --short)"

# Version check function "greater than or equal to"
function version_ge() { test "$(echo "$@" | tr " " "\n" | sort -rV | head -n 1)" == "$1"; }

# Check docker and docker-compose versions
if ! version_ge $CURRENT_DOCKER_VERSION $REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION; then
   echo -e "${RED}Please upgrade docker!${RESET}"
   echo -e "Your docker version is: ${RED}${CURRENT_DOCKER_VERSION}${RESET}. Required version is ${GREEN}>= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_VERSION}${RESET}"
fi

if ! version_ge $CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION $REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION; then
   echo -e "${RED}Please upgrade docker-compose!${RESET}"
   echo -e "Your docker-compose version is: ${RED}${CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}${RESET}. Required version is ${GREEN}>= ${REQUIRED_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}${RESET}"
fi

echo -e "${GREEN}Cattr for Docker installer"
echo -e "${RESET}We will ask you a few questions to configure your shiny new Cattr instance\n"

echo -e "\nStarting installation\n"

echo -e "\nDownloading docker-compose.yml"

wget https://git.amazingcat.net/cattr/core/docker/-/releases/permalink/latest/downloads/compose -O ./docker-compose.yml

echo -e "\nTrying to run docker compose"

docker-compose -p cattr up -d

echo -e "\n${GREEN}Docker container was deployed.${RESET}"

docker-compose -p cattr run --rm -it backend install

# Exit
echo -e "\n${GREEN}Installation is done, thank you!${RESET}"

When I spin this up, the healthcheck for the cattr-frontend container returns as unhealthy.

Docker is running the lates version (26.x I believe)
docker-compose is v2.27

Good day boss please I quoted you concerning voip asterisk on the other thread

qtguru any luck?

airsaylongcome:
qtguru any luck?

Sorry was busy, I'll try it in some hours

qtguru:


Sorry was busy, I'll try it in some hours

Appreciate

airsaylongcome:


Appreciate

I'm free now, was busy the week, let me try it out now