PHPBack is an open-source web-based customer feedback and support management system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PHPBack on Debian Latest.
Before installing PHPBack on Debian, you need to have the following prerequisites:
To install the Apache web server on Debian, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2
To install the Nginx web server on Debian, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx
To install PHP 7.1 or later on Debian, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install php php-common php-cli php-fpm php-mysql
PHPBack requires a MariaDB or MySQL database. To install MariaDB on Debian, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Log in to the MariaDB console with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for PHPBack and a user with full privileges on that database:
CREATE DATABASE phpback_db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpback_db.* TO 'phpback_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Download the latest version of PHPBack from the official website:
wget https://github.com/rafaelcouto/phpback/archive/master.zip
Extract the downloaded file:
unzip master.zip
Rename the extracted directory:
mv phpback-master phpback
Move the PHPBack directory to your web server's default document root directory:
sudo mv phpback /var/www/html/
Change the ownership of the PHPBack directory to the web server user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/phpback
Copy the default configuration file and edit it:
cd /var/www/html/phpback/
cp config.default.php config.php
sudo nano config.php
Update the database settings in the configuration file:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'phpback_user');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');
define('DB_NAME', 'phpback_db');
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Now you can access PHPBack using any web browser with the following URL:
http://your_server_ip/phpback/
You will be prompted to create a new admin user.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHPBack on Debian Latest.
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