Mibew is an open-source chat application written in PHP and MySQL. It is used to provide real-time communication between website visitors and support agents. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mibew on the latest version of Linux Mint.
Before installing Mibew, make sure you have the following requirements:
First, you need to download the latest release of Mibew from the official website. You can use the following command to download:
sudo wget https://mibew.org/download.php -O mibew.zip
This will download the latest release of Mibew in zip format to the current directory.
After downloading the Mibew.zip file, you need to extract it to the Apache web server's document root directory. You can use the following command to extract the Mibew archive:
sudo unzip mibew.zip -d /var/www/html/
This command will extract the Mibew archive and put all the files inside the /var/www/html/ directory.
Before installing Mibew, you need to create a new MySQL database and user for Mibew. You can create the new database and user with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This command will open the MySQL shell. Here, execute the following command to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE mibew_db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mibew_db.* TO 'mibew_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Note that you should replace password with a strong password.
Now, it's time to configure Mibew. Go to the /var/www/html/mibew/configs directory and rename the config.yml.default file to config.yml:
sudo mv config.yml.default config.yml
Next, open the config.yml file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano config.yml
In this file, update the following settings:
dbhost: localhost
dbname: mibew_db
dblogin: mibew_user
dbpass: password (the password that you set in Step 3)
Save and close the file.
Next, you need to set up the correct permission for the Mibew directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mibew
This command changes the ownership of the Mibew directory to the Apache webserver user.
After completing all the above steps, start the Apache and MySQL services:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
Open your web browser and navigate to:
http://your_domain_name/mibew/
Here, you will see the Mibew installation wizard. Follow the instructions to finish the installation.
After successful installation, you will be redirected to the login page. Use the credentials that you set in the wizard to log in.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Mibew on Linux Mint. With Mibew, you can provide real-time communication to your website visitors, improve customer service, and increase sales.
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