How to Install Mibew on Clear Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Mibew on Clear Linux Latest. Mibew is an open-source, web-based live chat software that enables you to provide real-time support to your visitors.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server running Clear Linux Latest
• A user with sudo privileges
• A web server (Apache or Nginx) already installed and configured on your server

Step 1: Install PHP

Mibew requires PHP to run. Clear Linux Latest comes with PHP pre-installed, but you need to install some additional PHP modules that Mibew requires.

To install the required PHP modules, run the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic php-cgi php-mysqli php-mbstring php-opcache php-fpm

Step 2: Install Mibew

1. Download Mibew:

   wget https://mibew.org/download.php?type=zip -O mibew.zip
   

2. Extract the downloaded file:

   unzip mibew.zip
   

3. Move the extracted files to your web server's document root directory:

   sudo mv mibew /var/www/html
   

4. Change the ownership of the Mibew directory to the web server user:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mibew
   

Step 3: Configure Mibew

1. Create a new MySQL database and database user for Mibew. Replace newdb and mibewuser with your preferred names:

   mysql -u root -p
   CREATE DATABASE newdb;
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newdb.* TO "mibewuser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "password";
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   EXIT
   

2. Navigate to the Mibew directory and copy the configuration file:

   cd /var/www/html/mibew/config
   cp config.yml.default config.yml
   

3. Edit the config.yml file with your database connection details:

   nano config.yml
   

   Update the following lines with your database credentials:

   database:
      host: localhost
      dbname: newdb
      user: mibewuser
      password: password
   

4. Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X and then Y.

5. Navigate to the plugins directory and enable the database plugin:

   cd /var/www/html/mibew/plugins
   php ../console.php plugin:enable Database
   

Step 4: Complete the Mibew installation

1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_domain/mibew/install.php.

2. Follow the prompts to complete the installation process.

3. Once the installation is complete, delete the install.php file:

   sudo rm /var/www/html/mibew/install.php
   

Step 5: Configure your web server

1. If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file:

   sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/mibew.conf
   

   Add the following lines to the file:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerAdmin admin@example.com
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mibew
       ServerName your_domain.com
       ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/mibew_error.log
       CustomLog /var/log/httpd/mibew_access.log combined
   </VirtualHost>
   

2. If you are using Nginx, create a new server block configuration file:

   sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/mibew.conf
   

   Add the following lines to the file:

   server {
       listen 80;
       server_name your_domain.com;
       root /var/www/html/mibew;
   
       access_log /var/log/nginx/mibew_access.log;
       error_log /var/log/nginx/mibew_error.log;
   
       location / {
           try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
       }
   
       location ~ \.php$ {
           try_files $uri =404;
           fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
           fastcgi_index index.php;
           include fastcgi_params;
           fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       }
   }
   

3. Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X and then Y.

4. Restart your web server:

   sudo systemctl restart httpd
   sudo systemctl restart nginx
   

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Mibew on Clear Linux Latest. You can now start using Mibew to provide real-time support to your website visitors.

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