Vanilla Forums is an open-source forum software that is highly customizable and easy to use. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Vanilla Forums on MXLinux Latest.
Before we can start our installation process, we need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the Apache web server. You can install Apache by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2
After the installation is complete, start the Apache service and enable it to start on boot by running:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
Vanilla Forums requires a MySQL database to store its data. You can install MySQL by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter a root password for the MySQL server. Make sure to remember this password, as you will need it later.
After the installation is complete, start the MySQL service and enable it to start on boot by running:
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql
In order to run Vanilla Forum on our server, we need to install PHP. You can install PHP by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
After the installation is complete, restart the Apache service by running:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Next, we need to download the latest version of Vanilla Forums from their website. You can download it by running the following command in your terminal:
wget https://open.vanillaforums.com/get/vanilla-core.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the zip file to the /var/www/html directory by running:
sudo unzip vanilla-core.zip -d /var/www/html
Change the ownership of /var/www/html directory to the Apache web server user by running:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
Now, we need to configure Vanilla Forums to use the MySQL database. To do this, we need to edit the conf/config.php file:
sudo nano /var/www/html/conf/config.php
Find the following lines and update them with your MySQL database details:
$Configuration['Database']['Host'] = 'localhost';
$Configuration['Database']['Name'] = 'vanilla';
$Configuration['Database']['User'] = 'user';
$Configuration['Database']['Password'] = 'password';
Save and close the file.
Finally, we need to set the correct permissions for Vanilla Forums. To do this, run the following command:
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
That's it! You have successfully installed Vanilla Forums on MXLinux Latest. You can now access your Vanilla Forums installation by visiting your server's IP address or domain name in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have covered the step-by-step process on how you can install Vanilla Forums on MXLinux Latest. With these steps, you can quickly set up and configure your forums on your MXLinux Latest server.
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