Gibbon is a powerful open-source school management system designed to help institutions manage their educational processes. Here's how you can install Gibbon on your Fedora server.
Update the system to the latest version using the following command:
sudo dnf update
Before installing Gibbon, ensure that the web server is installed and running. Use the following command to install Nginx web server:
sudo dnf install nginx
After installing Nginx, install PHP and the required PHP extensions:
sudo dnf install php php-json php-mbstring php-xml php-gd php-mysqlnd php-fpm
To download Gibbon, navigate to the var/www directory using the following command:
cd /var/www
Next, download Gibbon using wget:
sudo wget https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core/archive/18.0.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the zip file:
sudo unzip 18.0.zip
Create a new Nginx site configuration file and add the following content:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/gibbon.conf
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
root /var/www/core-18.0/public;
index index.php index.html;
server_name your_domain.com;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Save the file, then restart Nginx:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Open the php.ini file and make the following changes:
sudo nano /etc/php.ini
Set max_execution_time, max_input_time, and memory_limit to the following:
max_execution_time = 180
max_input_time = 600
memory_limit = 512M
Save the file and exit.
Create a MySQL database and user for Gibbon using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE gibbondb;
CREATE USER 'gibbonuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'gibbonpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gibbondb.* TO 'gibbonuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Open your web browser and go to the following address: http://your_server_ip/. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Gibbon.
During the installation, provide the MySQL database details, such as database name, database user, and password.
Once the installation is complete, you can access the Gibbon dashboard by navigating to http://your_server_ip/gibbon.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Gibbon on your Fedora server!
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