MyBB is a popular open-source forum software that allows you to create an online community, discussion forum, or message board. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing MyBB on EndeavourOS, a lightweight and user-friendly Arch Linux-based operating system.
Before you can install MyBB on EndeavourOS, you'll need to have the following:
MyBB requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. You can create a new database using your web host's control panel or via the command line. Here's an example of how to create a database using the MySQL command line:
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
> CREATE DATABASE mybb;
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mybb.* TO 'mybbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> exit
Replace 'mybb' with your preferred database name, 'mybbuser' with your database username, and 'password' with your password.
Visit the official MyBB website at https://mybb.com/ and download the latest version of MyBB. Once downloaded, extract the compressed file to a folder on your computer.
Using an FTP client or SFTP client, upload the contents of the extracted MyBB files to your web server in the directory you want the forum to be located. Alternatively, you can use a tool like scp to copy the files to your server via the command line.
$ scp -r /path/to/mybb/ user@server:/path/to/www/forum/
Replace /path/to/mybb/ with the local path to the extracted MyBB files, user@server with your server's login credentials, and /path/to/www/forum/ with the remote directory where you want to install MyBB.
Navigate to your forum's location in your web browser. You should see the MyBB Setup Wizard. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. Here are the settings you'll need to configure:
Once you've completed the setup, you should see the MyBB control panel dashboard.
To ensure proper functionality of MyBB, you need to enable certain PHP extensions and change some settings in your web server's configuration file.
Make sure that the following PHP extensions are enabled:
You can enable these extensions via php.ini, e.g:
extension=mysqli.so
If you're using Apache as your web server, you'll need to add the following directives to your virtual host configuration file:
<Directory "/path/to/mybb/">
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^forum-([0-9]+)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$1 [L,QSA]
Replace /path/to/mybb/ with the path to your MyBB installation directory.
If you're using Nginx, you need to add the following directives to your server or virtual host configuration file:
location /forum/ {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ /forum/index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
Replace /forum/ with the location of your MyBB installation directory.
You have successfully installed MyBB on your EndeavourOS system. You can now start customizing your forum and creating new threads. If you encounter any problems during the installation process, visit the MyBB support forums or consult the official documentation for assistance.
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