FileGator is an open-source web-based file manager that provides easy file management and sharing options. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install FileGator on MXLinux Latest using Apache and PHP.
Before proceeding with the installation process, you must have the following prerequisites:
A running instance of MXLinux Latest.
A non-root user with sudo privileges.
Apache web server installed on your system.
PHP 7 or later installed on your system.
You can install Apache and PHP on MXLinux Latest by running the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-simplexml php-curl php-zip unzip -y
To download FileGator, you can use the wget command. First, navigate to the Apache root directory by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html/
Then, use the wget command to download the latest version of FileGator:
sudo wget https://github.com/filegator/FileGator/releases/download/7.7.0/filegator_v7.7.0.zip
After downloading the zip file of FileGator, we need to extract it. To extract it, run the following command:
sudo unzip filegator_v7.7.0.zip -d filegator
This command will extract the zip file to the "filegator" directory.
To enable Apache to access the extracted files, we need to set the appropriate permissions. To set the permissions, run the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/filegator/
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve FileGator. To do this, create a new virtual host configuration file for FileGator by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/filegator.conf
Inside the file, paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/filegator/
<Directory /var/www/html/filegator/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/filegator_error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/filegator_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and exit the file.
To enable the virtual host configuration for FileGator, run the following command:
sudo a2ensite filegator.conf
After configuring Apache, we need to restart it to apply the changes. To restart Apache, run the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now we can access FileGator by visiting our server's IP address in a web browser.
http://<server-ip-address>
After this, you should be able to log in and use FileGator on your MXLinux Latest server.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install FileGator on MXLinux Latest using Apache and PHP. We hope you found this tutorial helpful.
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