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

• A Fedora CoreOS Latest running instance.
• SSH access to the instance.

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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