Installing OSSN on Debian Latest

In this tutorial, we will install OSSN (Open Source Social Network) on Debian Latest operating system.

Prerequisites

• Debian Latest operating system
• LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP) installed and configured
• SSH access to your Debian system

Step 1: Download OSSN

First, we need to download the latest version of OSSN from the official website. To do so, open a terminal and run the following command:

wget https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/download -O ossn.zip

Step 2: Extract the files

Once downloading is completed, we can extract the files to the web root directory on the Debian system.

sudo apt-get install unzip
sudo unzip ossn.zip -d /var/www/html/

Step 3: Create a MySQL database for OSSN

OSSN requires a MySQL database to store its data. Let's create a new database and a user with appropriate privileges.

sudo mysql -p
CREATE DATABASE OSSN;
CREATE USER 'ossnuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON OSSN.* TO 'ossnuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Step 4: Configure Apache for OSSN

Create an Apache virtual host configuration file for the OSSN application.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/ossn.conf

Add the following configurations to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName your_domain.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ossn

        <Directory /var/www/html/ossn/>
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/ossn-error.log
        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/ossn-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file. Enable the site and reload Apache:

sudo a2ensite ossn.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 5: Install OSSN

Open your web browser and navigate to your server's domain name. You should see the OSSN installation page.

Follow the prompts to complete the installation process. When prompted, provide the database details created earlier.

Step 6: Secure your installation

After the installation completes successfully, it is essential to secure your installation by removing the installation directory and changing the ownership permissions of the OSSN files as follows:

sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/ossn/install
sudo chown -R www-data: /var/www/html/ossn/

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OSSN on Debian Latest.

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