Lewsnetter is a newsletter content management system designed to help you manage your mailing list, conduct email campaigns, and more. It is an open-source solution that you can install on your own server. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process on a Fedora Server Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
To run Lewsnetter, you need to install the following packages:
To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo dnf install httpd php php-{mysqlnd,mbstring,json,curl} mariadb-server
Once the packages are installed, start and enable Apache and MariaDB services using systemctl:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, you need to download the latest version of Lewsnetter. You can do this by cloning the Git repository. First, install Git if it's not already installed on your system.
sudo dnf install git
Then clone the Lewsnetter repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/bborn/lewsnetter.git
This will create a new directory called lewsnetter in your current directory.
Before you can access Lewsnetter from your web browser, you need to configure Apache to serve the application.
Create a new virtual host file for Lewsnetter in the Apache sites-available directory:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/lewsnetter.conf
Paste the following configuration in the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /path/to/lewsnetter
ServerName your-domain.com
<Directory /path/to/lewsnetter>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace /path/to/lewsnetter with the full path to the Lewsnetter directory, and your-domain.com with your domain name.
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the virtual host by creating a symbolic link to sites-enabled:
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf.d/lewsnetter.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/sites-enabled/lewsnetter.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Lewsnetter uses a MySQL database to store its data. You need to create a new database and user for Lewsnetter.
Log in to the MariaDB shell as the root user:
sudo mariadb
Create a new database for Lewsnetter:
CREATE DATABASE lewsnetter;
Create a new user and grant permissions to the database:
CREATE USER 'lewsnetter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lewsnetter.* TO 'lewsnetter'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace your-password with a strong password.
Exit the MariaDB shell:
exit
Open your web browser and navigate to your domain name or IP address. You should see the Lewsnetter installation wizard.
Follow the prompts to complete the installation process. When prompted for a database connection, enter the following information:
localhostlewsnetterlewsnetterComplete the wizard to finish the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can log in to Lewsnetter with the credentials you set during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lewsnetter on your Fedora Server Latest. Now you can manage your mailing list, conduct email campaigns, and more with this powerful and open-source newsletter content management system.
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