Anahita is a social networking and collaboration platform that allows teams to create and manage their own social networks. In this tutorial, we will be installing Anahita on MXLinux Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
Before we can install Anahita on our system, we need to install some dependencies. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git php7.4 php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml mariadb-server mariadb-client apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.4 composer
This command will update the package list and then install the required dependencies for Anahita.
In this step, we will clone the Anahita repository to our system. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/anahitasocial/anahita.git
This command will create a new directory named anahita in your current working directory.
To install Anahita, we need to navigate to the anahita directory and run the installation command. To do this, run the following commands:
cd anahita
composer install
These commands will navigate to the anahita directory and then install Anahita using Composer.
In this step, we will configure Apache to serve Anahita. To do this, we need to create a new Apache virtual host configuration file. Run the following command to create the file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/anahita.conf
This command will open the Nano text editor. Copy and paste the following configuration into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain.tld
ServerAlias www.your_domain.tld
DocumentRoot /path/to/anahita
<Directory /path/to/anahita/>
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anahita_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anahita_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace your_domain.tld with your domain name and /path/to/anahita with the path to the anahita directory.
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, and then Enter.
Next, enable the newly created virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite anahita.conf
And then, restart Apache to apply the changes by running:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
In this step, we will create a new MariaDB database and user for Anahita. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root
This command will log you in to the MySQL prompt as the root user. Once you are logged in, run the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE anahita;
GRANT ALL ON anahita.* TO 'anahita'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace your_password with a strong password.
In this step, we will install Anahita by navigating our browser to http://your_domain.tld. This will initialize the Anahita installation process.
Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Anahita. When prompted for database credentials, use the following information:
anahitaanahitayour_passwordMake sure to replace your_password with the password you set in Step 5.
After the installation is complete, you can log in to your Anahita site by navigating to http://your_domain.tld.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Anahita on MXLinux Latest.
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