Installing AsmBB on Arch Linux

AsmBB is a minimalist and easy-to-use forum software developed in x86 assembly language. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of AsmBB on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that your Arch Linux system is up-to-date by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

You will also need to install the following components:

• Nginx web server
• PHP runtime environment
• MariaDB or MySQL database server
• Git version control system

To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S nginx php php-fpm mariadb git

Setup the Database

To create a new database for AsmBB, run the following commands to login to your MySQL/MariaDB server and create a new database:

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE asm38;

Clone the AsmBB Repository

Clone the AsmBB repository to your system using Git:

git clone https://github.com/asm32/info.git

Configure Nginx

Create a new server block for AsmBB website in the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory. You can use the following command to create the file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/asm38

and paste the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com www.your-domain.com;
    root /path/to/asm38;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
    }
}

Don't forget to replace your-domain.com with your actual domain name and /path/to/asm38 with the directory where you cloned the AsmBB repository.

Once you have created the configuration file, create a symbolic link to it in the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory by running:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/asm38 /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Configure PHP

Edit the /etc/php/php.ini file and set the following values:

file_uploads = On
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
post_max_size = 64M
max_execution_time = 300

Configure AsmBB

Copy the config-example.inc file to config.inc:

cd /path/to/asm38
cp include/config-example.inc include/config.inc

Edit config.inc and set the following values:

$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'root';
$dbpassword = 'your-password';
$dbname = 'asm38';

Install AsmBB

Launch the installation script by pointing your browser to http://your-domain.com/install.php.

Follow the installation wizard and provide the required information, including the database details you configured earlier.

Once the installation is complete, log in to the forum using the admin credentials you specified during the setup.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured AsmBB on your Arch Linux system. You can now customize the forum settings and themes, and start building your forum community.

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