The first step is to update the system. Open the Terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will update your system and ensure that all your packages are up to date.
Revive Adserver requires Apache and PHP to run. Run the following command to install Apache and PHP:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache
After the installation is complete, start the Apache service:
sudo systemctl start httpd
Revive Adserver requires a database to store its data. You can either use MySQL or MariaDB. Run the following command to install MariaDB:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After the installation is complete, start the MariaDB service:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Now, create a new database and user for Revive Adserver:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE revive_adserver;
CREATE USER 'revive_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON revive_adserver.* TO 'revive_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.
Download Revive Adserver from https://www.revive-adserver.com/download/. Extract the downloaded file to /var/www/html/revive/:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/revive/
sudo unzip revive-adserver-5.1.0.zip -d /var/www/html/revive/
Change the ownership of the files to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/html/revive/
Navigate to http://localhost/revive/ in your web browser. You should see the Revive Adserver setup page. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Revive Adserver. Make sure to enter the database details that you created in Step 3.
After completing the setup, you can start using Revive Adserver to serve ads. To access the Revive Adserver dashboard, navigate to http://localhost/revive/www/admin/. Login with the admin username and password that you created during setup.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Revive Adserver on Manjaro.
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