In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing MyBB bulletin board software on Alpine Linux Latest. MyBB is an open-source, intuitive, and extensible forum software that allows you to create your own online community. The process involves the installation of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack as a prerequisite, followed by the downloading and setting up of MyBB on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we begin with the installation of LAMP stack and MyBB, run the below command to update the package manager:
sudo apk update
Run the following command to install Apache web server, PHP and MariaDB on your Alpine Linux Latest:
sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2 php7-mysqli php7-json php7-openssl php7-curl php7-zlib php7-gd php7-xml php7-dom php7-fpm php7-mysqlnd mariadb mariadb-client
Once the installation of LAMP stack is complete, start and enable the web server by running the following commands:
sudo rc-update add apache2
sudo rc-service apache2 start
To start and enable PHP-FPM service, run the following commands:
sudo rc-update add php-fpm
sudo rc-service php-fpm start
After installing MariaDB, it is important to configure it to meet the requirements of MyBB. The following commands will secure your MariaDB installation, and then create a new database for MyBB:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE mybb_db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on mybb_db.* TO 'mybb_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mybb_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Download the latest version of MyBB from the official website (https://mybb.com/) or using the following command:
wget -O mybb.tar.gz https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1821.zip
Once downloaded, extract the archive and move the contents to the Apache web server's root folder:
tar xzf mybb.tar.gz
sudo mv Upload/* /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Run the following commands to set the file permissions for MyBB:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/localhost/htdocs
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/inc/datacache
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cache
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/uploads
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/admin/backups
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_domain.com/install/ to complete the installation of MyBB. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the installation.
Once the installation is complete, delete the installation directory by running the following command:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/install/
That's it! You can now use MyBB to create an online community on your Alpine Linux Latest server. With MyBB, you can create forums, threads, member profiles, polls, and much more. If you encounter any issues during the installation process, feel free to consult the official MyBB documentation and forums.
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