Installing DYU Comments on Debian Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of DYU comments on Debian Latest.

Prerequisites

• A Debian Latest server
• A web server (Apache or Nginx) installed and running
• PHP 7.2 or later
• Composer installed

Step 1: Clone the DYU Comments repository

Clone the DYU comments repository to a directory on your server:

git clone https://github.com/dyu/comments.git

Step 2: Install dependencies

Navigate to the comments directory and install the project dependencies using Composer:

cd comments
composer install

Step 3: Configure the database

Create a new MySQL database and user for DYU comments:

mysql -u root -p
create database dyu_comments;
create user 'dyu_comments_user'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
grant all on dyu_comments.* to 'dyu_comments_user'@'localhost';
exit

Configure the database connection settings in the config.php file:

cp config.sample.php config.php
nano config.php

Update the following lines in the config.php file with your database settings:

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'dyu_comments_user');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'dyu_comments');

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Configure the web server

Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file for DYU comments:

nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/comments.conf

Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName comments.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/comments
    <Directory /var/www/comments>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Enable the virtual host:

a2ensite comments.conf

Restart Apache:

systemctl restart apache2

Nginx

Create a new server block configuration file for DYU comments:

nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/comments.conf

Add the following content to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name comments.example.com;
    root /var/www/comments;
    index index.php;
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Enable the server block:

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/comments.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/comments.conf

Reload Nginx:

systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: Run the installation script

Navigate to the install directory and run the installation script:

cd install
php install.php

Follow the prompts to create the initial admin user.

Step 6: Access DYU Comments

You can now access DYU comments by visiting the URL configured in your web server's virtual host configuration.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed DYU comments on Debian Latest!

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