How to Install Mibew on Fedora Server Latest

Mibew is a free, open-source chatbot platform that allows you to communicate with your website visitors in real-time. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mibew on Fedora Server Latest using simple commands in the terminal.

Prerequisites

• A Fedora Server Latest instance
• A user account with sudo privileges
• A Web server (Apache or Nginx) installed and running
• PHP installed and configured with the Web server
• MySQL or MariaDB server installed and running

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

To get started, we need to install some required packages and dependencies for Mibew to work correctly. Type the following command in the terminal to install them:

$ sudo dnf install php-mysqlnd php-mbstring php-gd php-xml php-json

Step 2: Download Mibew

Next, we will download the Mibew latest package file from their official website.

$ cd /var/www/html
$ sudo wget https://mibew.org/downloads/mibew 2.1.2.zip

Extract the downloaded package using the following command.

$ sudo unzip mibew-2.1.2.zip

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database

We now need to create a new MySQL/MariaDB database to be used by Mibew. Type the following command in the terminal to log in to the MariaDB shell:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Once you have logged in, create a new database for Mibew using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE mibew_db;

Also, create a new user with all privileges to access the database:

CREATE USER 'mibew_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here';

Grant privileges to the user on the database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mibew_db.* TO 'mibew_user'@'localhost';

Flush the privileges and exit the MariaDB shell by typing:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace 'password_here' with your preferred password.

Step 4: Configure Mibew

Next, rename the 'config.yml.default' file to 'config.yml':

$ sudo mv config.yml.default config.yml

Open the Mibew configuration file by typing the following command:

$ sudo nano /var/www/html/mibew/config.yml

Change the following parameters to match your database configuration:

database:
    host: localhost
    login: mibew_user
    password: password_here
    database: mibew_db

And, adjust chat options as per your preferences.

Step 5: Setup the Apache Virtual Host

Create a new virtual host file for Apache by typing:

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/mibew.conf

Add the following code to the newly created file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mibew/
    <Directory /var/www/html/mibew>
        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/mibew-error-logs.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/mibew-access-logs.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace 'example.com' with your domain name or server IP address.

Save and close the file.

Restart Apache Web server to apply the changes:

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 6: Access Mibew Web Installer

Open a web browser and access your domain name or server IP address with "/mibew/install" at the end, for example:

http://example.com/mibew/install

You should see the Mibew installer page. Follow the instructions to finish the installation.

Once the installation is complete, delete the 'install' folder:

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/mibew/install/

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mibew on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now access your Mibew dashboard by visiting your server domain name or IP address, for example:

http://example.com/mibew/operator/

You can log in to the dashboard using the username and password you created during the installation process.

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