How to Install LimeSurvey on Fedora Latest Server

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LimeSurvey on a Fedora latest server. LimeSurvey is an open-source online survey software that can be used to create and manage surveys, quizzes, and polls.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process of LimeSurvey, there are a few prerequisites that we need to fulfill. These are:

• A Fedora latest server with root privileges
• Apache Web Server
• PHP 7.2 or later
• MySQL 5.5 or later
• Composer

Step 1: Install Apache and PHP

First, we need to install Apache and PHP on our Fedora server. To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo dnf install httpd php php-mysqlnd php-xml php-intl php-mbstring

Once the installation is complete, start the Apache service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start httpd

And enable the Apache service to start on boot using the following command:

sudo systemctl enable httpd

Step 2: Install MySQL

Next, we need to install MySQL on our server. To install MySQL, run the following command:

sudo dnf install mysql-server

Once the installation is complete, start the MySQL service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start mysqld

And enable the MySQL service to start on boot using the following command:

sudo systemctl enable mysqld

Then, we need to secure our MySQL installation by running the following command:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

This command will prompt you to set a root password, remove anonymous users, restrict root login from a remote machine, and remove the test database. Follow the on-screen instructions and secure your MySQL installation.

Step 3: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that will help us install LimeSurvey. To install Composer, run the following commands:

cd ~
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

This command will download the Composer installer and install Composer globally on your system.

Step 4: Download and Install LimeSurvey

Now that we have fulfilled all the prerequisites, let's download and install LimeSurvey. Run the following commands:

cd /var/www/html
sudo composer create-project limeSurvey/LimeSurvey limesurvey

This command will download and install LimeSurvey in the limesurvey directory under /var/www/html.

Step 5: Configure Apache

Now, we need to configure Apache to serve LimeSurvey. To do so, we need to create a new Apache configuration file for LimeSurvey. Run the following command to create this file:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/limesurvey.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/limesurvey/application/views
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    <Directory "/var/www/html/limesurvey/application/views">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace admin@example.com with your email address and yourdomain.com with your domain name.

Save and close the file.

Then, restart the Apache service using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

With this, we have successfully installed and configured LimeSurvey on our Fedora latest server. You can now access your LimeSurvey installation by navigating to http://yourdomain.com in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install LimeSurvey on a Fedora latest server step-by-step. We hope that this tutorial was helpful to you.

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