phpBB is a popular open-source bulletin board software that allows people to easily create and manage online forums. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install phpBB on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.
The first step in setting up phpBB on your Fedora CoreOS system is to install the Apache web server. You can install Apache by running the following command:
sudo dnf install httpd
After installing Apache, start and enable the service to automatically start at boot time by running the following commands:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
To verify that Apache is running and accessible, open a web browser and enter the IP address of your server in the address bar. If Apache is running, you will see the default Apache welcome page.
Next, you need to install MariaDB database server on your system. You can install MariaDB by running the following command:
sudo dnf install mariadb-server
After installing MariaDB, start and enable the service to automatically start at boot time by running the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
To secure MariaDB installation, run the command below and answer the questions shown by the prompt:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
phpBB is written in PHP language, so you need to install PHP on your Fedora CoreOS system. You can install PHP and some commonly used modules by running the following command:
sudo dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-fpm php-gd php-xml php-json
After installing PHP, restart the Apache service to apply changes by running:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Now that you have installed all the prerequisites, you can proceed with downloading and installing the latest version of phpBB from the official website.
First, create a directory in Apache's web document root directory to host the phpBB files:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/phpbb
Next, change ownership of the phpBB directory to Apache's user and group:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/phpbb
Download the latest version of phpBB:
sudo curl -o /var/www/html/phpbb.tar.bz2 https://www.phpbb.com/files/release/phpBB-x.x.x.tar.bz2
Replace "x.x.x" with the latest version of phpBB.
Extract the files from the downloaded archive:
sudo tar xvjf /var/www/html/phpbb.tar.bz2 -C /var/www/html/phpbb --strip-components 1
After extracting the files, open a web browser and enter the IP address of your server followed by "/phpbb" in the address bar. This will start the installer to set up phpBB.
Follow the prompts provided by the installer, including providing your database credentials.
After completing the installer, log in to the administrator panel by entering "/phpbb/adm" to the end of your server's IP address in the address bar.
That’s it! You have successfully installed phpBB on Fedora CoreOS. You can now start exploring and customizing your forum.
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