How to Install BuddyPress on Fedora CoreOS Latest

BuddyPress is a free and open-source social networking software. It comes with various features, such as user profiles, activity streams, and user groups. If you want to install BuddyPress on Fedora CoreOS, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. SSH into your Fedora CoreOS instance and update the system.

    ssh <your_username>@<your_Fedora_CoreOS_instance_ip>
    sudo dnf update -y
    
  2. Install Apache, MariaDB, and PHP on the instance using the following command:

    sudo dnf install httpd mariadb mariadb-server php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-xml php-mbstring php-intl php-opcache -y
    
  3. Start and enable MariaDB and Apache services.

    sudo systemctl enable mariadb
    sudo systemctl enable httpd
    sudo systemctl start mariadb
    sudo systemctl start httpd
    
  4. Create a new database and user for BuddyPress.

    sudo mysql -u root -p
    create database buddydb;
    create user 'buddyuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
    grant all privileges on buddydb.* to 'buddyuser'@'localhost';
    flush privileges;
    exit;
    
  5. Download the latest version of BuddyPress from https://buddypress.org/about/.

    cd ~
    wget https://wordpress.org/wordpress-5.8.tar.gz
    tar -zxvf wordpress-5.8.tar.gz
    mv wordpress /var/www/html/buddy
    
  6. Set the appropriate permissions for the BuddyPress folder.

    sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/buddy/
    sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/buddy/
    
  7. Configure Apache to serve BuddyPress.

    sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/buddy.conf
    

    Add the following configuration in the file:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName your.domain.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/buddy/
        <Directory /var/www/html/buddy/>
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
        </Directory>
        ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/buddy_error.log
        CustomLog /var/log/httpd/buddy_access.log combined
    </VirtualHost>
    

    Save and exit the file.

  8. Restart Apache.

    sudo systemctl restart httpd
    
  9. Complete the BuddyPress setup by accessing your website on a web browser and following the installation wizard.

    http://your.domain.com/
    

Congratulations! You have successfully installed BuddyPress on your Fedora CoreOS Latest.

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