Anahita is an open-source social networking software that allows users to create and manage their own social networks. To install Anahita on Debian Latest, you'll need to follow a series of steps that we've outlined below.
Before you begin, there are a few things that you'll need:
Before we can install Anahita, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date. To do this, we'll use the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
This command will fetch the latest updates for your system and install them.
Next, we'll need to install some packages that Anahita requires to run. We'll use the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php7.4 php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-mysql php7.4-gd git zip unzip -y
Now we need to configure MySQL to create a new database and user for Anahita.
Use the following command to log in to MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
You'll be prompted for your MySQL root password. Enter it to proceed.
Next, create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE anahita;
After you've created the database, you can create a new user and grant it the appropriate privileges to access the new database. Replace new_username and new_password with your desired values for the user's username and password:
CREATE USER 'new_username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON anahita.* TO 'new_username'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
You've created a new user with the appropriate privileges. Close the MySQL prompt using the exit command.
We can now download and install Anahita. We'll use git to download it and move the files to the appropriate location.
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/anahitasocial/anahita.git
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/anahita
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/anahita
We'll now configure Apache to serve the Anahita application. We'll create a new virtual host using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/anahita.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName anahita.example.com
ServerAlias www.anahita.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/anahita
<Directory /var/www/html/anahita>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anahita_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anahita_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace anahita.example.com with your domain or IP address.
Save and close the file. Enable the new site using the following command:
sudo a2ensite anahita.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
You can now complete the installation by visiting your domain or IP address in your web browser. Follow the instructions to complete the setup process.
Congratulations, you've successfully installed Anahita on Debian Latest!
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