phpList is a free and open-source software that allows you to manage your email marketing campaigns. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing phpList on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we proceed, it is important that you have the following:
First, let's install the necessary packages that we need for phpList to work properly. Execute the following command in the terminal:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade && sudo apk add apache2 mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-apache2 php7-curl php7-dom php7-gd php7-json php7-mbstring php7-mysqlnd php7-xml php7-zip
To create a database for phpList, we need to log in to MariaDB. Execute the following command to access the MariaDB shell:
sudo mysql -u root -p
You will be prompted to enter your password, once done, execute the following command to create a database:
CREATE DATABASE phplist;
Next, create a new user with a password and grant them privileges to the database:
CREATE USER 'phplistuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phplist.* TO 'phplistuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace 'password' with your preferred password.
We will now download and install phpList. Execute the following command to download the latest phpList version:
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/phplist/files/latest/download -O phplist.zip
Once downloaded, extract the contents of the zip file to the var/www/htdocs directory:
sudo unzip -q phplist.zip -d /var/www/htdocs/
Configure the permissions of the directory:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/htdocs/
Next, we will configure phpList to use the database that we created earlier.
Create a new configuration file:
cd /var/www/htdocs/lists/config/
sudo cp config.php.sample config.php
Edit the configuration file:
sudo nano config.php
Find the following lines and edit them accordingly:
define('PHPMAILERHOST', 'localhost');
define('DATABASE_NAME', 'phplist');
define('DATABASE_USER', 'phplistuser');
define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'password');
Save and exit the file.
Lastly, we need to create a virtual host for phpList. Create a new configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/phplist.conf
Add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/lists
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/lists-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/lists-access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/htdocs/lists>
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace 'yourdomain.com' with your actual domain name.
Save and exit the file.
Then, enable Apache and restart it:
sudo rc-update add apache2
sudo rc-service apache2 restart
That's it! With these simple steps, you should be able to install phpList on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now start using phpList to manage your email marketing campaigns.
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