Mibew is an open-source live support system that allows you to chat with your website visitors in real-time. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Mibew on Debian Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have:
The first step is to ensure that your server is up to date. Run the following commands to update your system:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Mibew requires Apache web server to work correctly. If you don't have Apache already installed, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Mibew is written in PHP and requires PHP to run. To install PHP in Debian Latest, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
Mibew requires a database to store its data. We will install the MySQL database server. Run the following command to install:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
You will be prompted to create a root password during the installation process.
Create a new MySQL database for Mibew. Run the following command:
sudo mysql -uroot -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
Once you are in the MySQL prompt, type the following commands to create a new database, user, and grant privileges to the new user:
CREATE DATABASE mibew;
CREATE USER 'mibewuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mibewpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mibew.* TO 'mibewuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace mibew with your desired database name, mibewuser with your desired username, and mibewpassword with your desired password.
The next step is to download Mibew to your server. Navigate to your Apache directory by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html/
Then, download Mibew by running the following command:
sudo wget -O mibew.tar.gz https://download.mibew.org/latest.zip
Extract the downloaded file by running the following command:
sudo tar -xvzf mibew.tar.gz
This will create a mibew directory.
Next, navigate to the mibew directory and rename the config.yml.default file to config.yml by running the following commands:
cd mibew
sudo mv config/config.yml.default config/config.yml
Edit the config.yml file with your MySQL database details. Open the file in a text editor:
sudo nano config/config.yml
Locate the following lines:
database:
driver: mysql
host: localhost
port: null
login: root
password: ''
database: mibew
prefixes: []
options: {}
Update the login, password, and database fields with your MySQL database credentials that you created earlier.
Save and close the file (CTRL+X, Y, ENTER).
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for your Mibew installation by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mibew.conf
Paste the following content into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mibew.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mibew
<Directory /var/www/html/mibew>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mibew_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mibew_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace mibew.example.com with your actual domain name or subdomain that points to your server.
Save and close the file (CTRL+X, Y, ENTER).
Enable the virtual host with the following command:
sudo a2ensite mibew.conf
Restart Apache:
sudo service apache2 restart
Access your Mibew installation in your web browser by going to http://mibew.example.com/install/install.php. Replace mibew.example.com with your actual domain name or subdomain that points to your server.
Follow the prompts to finish the installation.
Once the installation is complete, delete the install directory:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/mibew/install
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mibew on Debian Latest. You can now chat with your website visitors in real-time with the help of Mibew!
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