Movim is a powerful social network that is decentralized and based on XMPP protocol. It is a great open-source alternative to popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Movim on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.
Before starting the installation process, it’s important to update the system with the latest package information. To update the system, run the following command:
sudo dnf update
Enter the password for the user account when prompted.
Movim requires several dependencies to be installed on the system. To install these dependencies, run the following command:
sudo dnf install -y php php-dom php-mbstring php-sqlite3 php-xmlwriter php-xmlreader php-gd php-zip
This command will install all the required dependencies for Movim to work properly.
Movim requires a web server to work properly. In this tutorial, we will be using Nginx as the web server. To install Nginx, run the following command:
sudo dnf install -y nginx
Once Nginx is installed, we need to configure it to serve the Movim application. For this, we need to create an Nginx server block for the Movim application. Run the following command to create a new server block:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/movim.conf
This command will open a new configuration file in the Nano editor. Copy and paste the following configuration code into the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name or IP address
root /var/www/movim;
index index.php;
access_log /var/log/nginx/movim.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/movim.error.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
}
}
In the server block, replace example.com with your domain name or IP address. Save the file and exit the Nano editor.
Php-fpm is a FastCGI process manager that is used to handle PHP requests. To install php-fpm, run the following command:
sudo dnf install -y php-fpm
Once php-fpm is installed, we need to configure it to serve the Movim application. Run the following command to open the php-fpm configuration file in the Nano editor:
sudo nano /etc/php-fpm.d/movim.conf
Copy and paste the following configuration code into the file:
[movim]
user = nginx
group = nginx
listen = /run/php-fpm/movim.sock
listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx
listen.mode = 0660
pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 5
pm.process_idle_timeout = 5s
pm.status_path = /php-fpm-status
pm.ping_path = /php-fpm-ping
Save the file and exit the Nano editor.
To download and install Movim, run the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/download/0.20.1/movim-0.20.1.tar.gz -P /tmp && sudo tar -xzf /tmp/movim-0.20.1.tar.gz -C /var/www
This command will download the latest version of Movim and extract it to the /var/www directory of your system. Next, we need to configure the application by modifying the config.yml file. Run the following command to open the config.yml file in the Nano editor:
sudo nano /var/www/movim/config/config.yml
In the file, update the following parameters according to your preferences:
--domain: example.com # Replace with your domain name or IP address
--secure: true # Enable HTTPS if needed
Save the file and exit the Nano editor.
To start the services, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm
To enable the services to start on system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable nginx php-fpm
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Movim on Fedora CoreOS. You can now access the Movim web interface by navigating to your domain name or IP address in a web browser.
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