Movim is a decentralized social networking platform that allows users to chat, exchange files, and collaborate with others. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Movim on Fedora Server Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to update the system to the latest version. To do this, open the Terminal and run the following command:
sudo dnf update
Provide your password if prompted and press Enter. Wait for the update process to complete.
Movim requires a LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. Run the following command to install the LEMP stack on Fedora Server:
sudo dnf install nginx mariadb mariadb-server php-fpm php-cli php-mysqlnd php-mbstring
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a password for the MySQL database. Enter a strong password and remember it.
Next, we need to create a database for Movim. Run the following command to log in to the MySQL shell:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the password you set during the installation. Once you are logged in, run the following commands to create a database and a user for Movim:
CREATE DATABASE movim;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON movim.* TO 'movim'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace 'your_password' with a strong password of your choice.
Download the latest version of Movim from the official website using the following command:
sudo curl -L https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/download/0.19.3/movim-0.19.3.tar.gz -o movim.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file to /var/www/ directory:
sudo tar -zxvf movim.tar.gz -C /var/www/
Rename the extracted directory:
sudo mv /var/www/movim-0.19.3 /var/www/movim
Change the ownership of the Movim directory:
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/movim
Create a new Nginx configuration file for Movim:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/movim.conf
Paste the following content in the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_server_domain;
root /var/www/movim/;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
incldie fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace 'your_server_domain' with your actual domain name. Save and close the file.
Test the Nginx configuration and restart Nginx:
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Copy the default configuration file:
sudo cp /var/www/movim/config/movim.ini.php.default /var/www/movim/config/movim.ini.php
Edit the configuration file:
sudo nano /var/www/movim/config/movim.ini.php
Search for the following lines and replace them with your database details:
DATABASE_TYPE="mysql"
DATABASE_HOST="localhost"
DATABASE_PORT="3306"
DATABASE_NAME="movim"
DATABASE_USER="movim"
DATABASE_PASSWORD="your_password"
Save and close the file.
Open a web browser and navigate to your server's domain name. You should see the Movim login page. Enter your desired username and password to create an account.
Once you are logged in, you can start using Movim to chat and collaborate with others.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Movim on Fedora Server Latest.
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