How to Install dyu comments on MXLinux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install dyu comments on MXLinux Latest. dyu comments is an open-source commenting system for websites developed by dyu. It is a lightweight and easy-to-use commenting system that allows website visitors to comment on your website's content.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you must have the following:

• A running instance of MXLinux Latest
• Access to the Terminal application
• Internet connection

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we can install dyu comments, we need to install some dependencies. Open the Terminal application and run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx mysql-server php7.4 php7.4-fpm php7.4-mysql

This will update the package repositories and install the required dependencies including the web server (nginx), database server (MySQL), and PHP.

Step 2: Install dyu comments

Once the dependencies are installed, we can now proceed with the installation of dyu comments. To do this, we will download the latest release from the GitHub repository.

1. Open the Terminal application and navigate to the /var/www directory.

cd /var/www

2. Download the dyu comments release from GitHub using the following command:

sudo wget https://github.com/dyu/comments/releases/download/v0.2.1/comments-0.2.1.zip

Note: Replace v0.2.1 with the latest release version available on GitHub.

3. Unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

sudo unzip comments-0.2.1.zip

Note: Replace comments-0.2.1.zip with the filename of the downloaded release.

4. Rename the comments directory with a name of your choice, for example:

sudo mv comments my-comments

5. Set the appropriate file permissions to allow the web server to access the comments directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data my-comments/
sudo chmod -R 775 my-comments/

Step 3: Configure the Database

Now that we have downloaded and installed dyu comments, we need to create a database and a user account for it.

1. Log in to MySQL using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

2. Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

3. Create a new database for dyu comments using the following SQL statement:

CREATE DATABASE dyu_comments;

4. Create a new user account and grant it full privileges to the created database using the following SQL statement:

CREATE USER 'dyu_comments'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dyu_comments.* TO 'dyu_comments'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Note: Replace password with a secure password of your choice.

5. Exit the MySQL shell.

exit;

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Next, we need to configure Nginx to serve dyu comments.

1. Open the Nginx configuration file for your website using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default.conf

2. Add the following lines at the bottom of the file:

location /comments {
   alias /var/www/my-comments;
   try_files $uri $uri/ /comments/index.php?$query_string;
   index index.php;
   location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
       fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
       fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
       include fastcgi_params;
       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
       fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
       fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "open_basedir=/var/www/my-comments:/tmp:/usr/share/php";
       fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
   }
}

3. Save and close the file.

4. Test the Nginx configuration using the following command:

sudo nginx -t

5. If the configuration test is successful, reload Nginx using the following command:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: Finalize the Installation

We are almost done. The final step is to configure dyu comments to use the MySQL database we created earlier.

1. Navigate to the dyu comments directory:

cd /var/www/my-comments

2. Create a new configuration file using the following command:

sudo cp config.sample.php config.php

3. Edit the config.php file using your preferred text editor:

sudo nano config.php

4. Modify the following lines by changing db_name, db_user, db_pass and db_host to the appropriate values:

$config['db_name'] = 'dyu_comments';
$config['db_user'] = 'dyu_comments';
$config['db_pass'] = 'password';
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';

5. Save and close the file.

6. Finally, open your website on a browser and test that dyu comments is installed and working correctly.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured dyu comments on MXLinux Latest!

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