Revive Adserver is an open-source ad serving platform that can be integrated with multiple ad networks. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Revive Adserver on Fedora CoreOS.
Before you start, make sure that you have the following:
Before installing any software, it is essential to ensure that your operating system is up-to-date. Run the following command to update your system:
sudo dnf update
Revive Adserver requires a web server to serve ads. We will be using the Nginx web server in this tutorial. To install Nginx, run the following command:
sudo dnf install nginx -y
Once installed, start the Nginx webserver:
sudo systemctl start nginx
You can verify the status of the Nginx service by running:
sudo systemctl status nginx
Revive Adserver is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP on our system. Run the following command to install PHP:
sudo dnf install php php-opcache php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-mysqlnd php-pdo php-mbstring php-bcmath php-xmlrpc php-intl php-mcrypt -y
Once we have the webserver and PHP installed, we need to configure Nginx to serve our Revive Adserver. Create a new server block for your domain as follows:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
# Replace example.com with your domain name
server_name example.com;
# Replace /var/www/example.com/html with the path to your website
root /var/www/example.com/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Save the file and exit the editor. Test the Nginx configuration by running:
sudo nginx -t
If Nginx configuration is valid, reload the Nginx configuration by running:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
To download the latest version of Revive Adserver, run the following command:
sudo mkdir /var/www/example.com/
cd /var/www/example.com/
sudo wget https://download.revive-adserver.com/revive-adserver-5.1.2.tar.gz
sudo tar xvf revive-adserver-5.1.2.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, navigate to the newly created directory:
cd /var/www/example.com/revive-adserver-5.1.2/
Now, we need to install the Revive Adserver by running the installer script:
sudo php ./install.php
Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation of the Revive Adserver.
After installation, go to your browser and navigate to your domain name (replace example.com with your domain name) to access the Revive Adserver.
http://example.com/
You will be redirected to the Revive Adserver configuration page. Fill in the necessary fields, including the database details that you can create via the command line or control panel, and click on the Install Revive Adserver button to complete the configuration.
To verify that the installation was successful, log in to the Revive Adserver dashboard using your admin credentials.
http://example.com/revive-adserver/
If you can log in, then the Revive Adserver has been successfully installed on your Fedora CoreOS server.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Revive Adserver on Fedora CoreOS. You also configured a web server, installed PHP, and created an Nginx virtual host to serve the Revive Adserver. Finally, you installed and set up the Revive Adserver and verified its installation by logging in to the Revive Adserver dashboard.
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