In this tutorial, I will guide you through the process of installing Simply Shorten on MXLinux Latest. Simply Shorten is a URL shortening web application that allows you to create short links for any URL. It is an open-source application hosted on GitLab.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
To run Simply Shorten, you first need to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL on your MXLinux system. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 mysql-server php7.4-mysql
This command installs Apache, PHP 7.4, MySQL, and the necessary PHP module for MySQL integration.
Next, clone Simply Shorten from the GitLab repository using the following command:
git clone https://gitlab.com/draganczukp/simply-shorten.git
This will create a folder named simply-shorten in your current directory.
The next step is to configure Apache to serve Simply Shorten. To do this, open the Apache default configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines of code inside the <VirtualHost> section:
DocumentRoot /path/to/simply-shorten
<Directory /path/to/simply-shorten>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Replace /path/to/simply-shorten with the actual path to your simply-shorten directory.
Save and close the file, then restart Apache with the following command:
sudo service apache2 restart
Next, create a database and user for Simply Shorten in MySQL by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted, then run the following SQL commands to create a new database, user, and grant privileges:
CREATE DATABASE simply_shorten;
CREATE USER 'shorten_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON simply_shorten.* TO 'shorten_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace your_password with a strong password of your choice.
Copy the config.php.sample file to create a new config.php file:
cd simply-shorten
cp config.php.sample config.php
Edit config.php using your favorite text editor and modify the following configuration settings:
$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['username'] = 'shorten_user';
$config['db']['password'] = 'your_password';
$config['db']['database'] = 'simply_shorten';
Again, replace your_password with the actual password you set in Step 4.
Finally, install Simply Shorten by running the following command inside your simply-shorten directory:
php composer.phar install
This command will install all the necessary dependencies for Simply Shorten.
That's it! Simply Shorten is now installed on your MXLinux system. You can access it by pointing your web browser to http://localhost/ and creating your first short link.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Simply Shorten on MXLinux Latest. I hope this tutorial was helpful and if you ran into any issues during the installation process, please leave a comment below.
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