Installing Tiny Tiny IRC on Debian Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Tiny Tiny IRC (tt-irc) on a Debian Latest operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you should have the following:

• Access to a Debian Latest instance
• Root privileges or sudo access
• Internet connection

Step 1: Update the System

It is recommended to update the system before beginning the installation process. Run the following commands to update the system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Git

Next, we need to install Git, which is used to clone the tt-irc repository from GitHub. Run the following command to install Git:

sudo apt install git

Step 3: Clone the tt-irc Repository

Now that Git is installed, we can clone the tt-irc repository by running the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/levito/tt-irc.git /var/www/tt-irc

This will clone the tt-irc repository into the /var/www/tt-irc directory.

Step 4: Install Nginx and PHP

Next, we need to install Nginx and PHP. Run the following command to install both:

sudo apt install nginx php-fpm

Step 5: Configure Nginx

Now that Nginx and PHP are installed, we need to configure Nginx to serve tt-irc. Create a new Nginx configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/tt-irc

Add the following configuration to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com;

    root /var/www/tt-irc;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Replace your-domain.com with your domain name or IP address. Save the file and exit the editor.

Now, enable the configuration file by creating a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/tt-irc /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, restart Nginx to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6: Install Dependencies

tt-irc requires certain PHP extensions to be installed. Run the following command to install them:

sudo apt install php-curl php-xml php-mbstring php-zip

Step 7: Configure tt-irc

We now need to configure tt-irc. Copy the example configuration file to create a new configuration file:

sudo cp config.php.example config.php

Open the configuration file in your editor:

sudo nano config.php

Edit the following variables to match your server setup:

• $CONFIG["SELF_URL_PATH"]: Set this to the URL where tt-irc will be accessible on your server.
• $CONFIG["DB_TYPE"]: Set this to pgsql if you are using PostgreSQL, or mysql if you are using MySQL/MariaDB.
• $CONFIG["DB_HOST"]: Set this to the hostname or IP address of your database server.
• $CONFIG["DB_NAME"]: Set this to the name of the database you created for tt-irc.
• $CONFIG["DB_USER"]: Set this to the username for your tt-irc database.
• $CONFIG["DB_PASS"]: Set this to the password for your tt-irc database user.

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 8: Initialize the Database

Finally, we need to initialize the database. Run the following command:

sudo php update.php --update-schema

This will create the necessary tables and schema in the database.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Tiny Tiny IRC on a Debian Latest server. You can now access tt-irc by visiting the URL you set in the $CONFIG["SELF_URL_PATH"] variable.

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