How to Install XBackBone on Manjaro

XBackBone is a web-based file manager that allows you to upload, download, and manage files on your server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install XBackBone on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need a Manjaro system with nginx, PHP, and MySQL installed and configured. You can set up these components by following our LAMP stack installation tutorial for Manjaro.

Additionally, you should have a non-root user with sudo privileges set up on your Manjaro system.

Step 1: Download XBackBone

First, let's download the latest version of XBackBone:

wget https://github.com/marekm4/xBackBone/archive/master.zip

Extract the downloaded ZIP file to the /var/www/html directory:

sudo unzip master.zip -d /var/www/html/

Next, rename the extracted directory to xbackbone:

sudo mv /var/www/html/xBackBone-master /var/www/html/xbackbone

Step 2: Install XBackBone Dependencies

Before we can use XBackBone, we'll need to install its dependencies. To do this, we'll use the composer package manager.

First, navigate to the xbackbone directory:

cd /var/www/html/xbackbone

Then, download and install composer:

sudo curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Finally, install the dependencies:

sudo php composer.phar install

Step 3: Set Up XBackBone

Now we can set up XBackBone.

First, create a new MySQL database and user for XBackBone:

mysql -u root -p

> CREATE DATABASE xbackbone;
> CREATE USER 'xbackbone'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON xbackbone.* TO 'xbackbone'@'localhost';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;

Next, copy the config.sample.php file to config.php:

cp config.sample.php config.php

In the config.php file, update the following lines:

const DB_HOST = 'localhost';
const DB_USER = 'xbackbone';
const DB_PASS = 'your-password';
const DB_NAME = 'xbackbone';

Save and close the file.

Now we need to set the correct permissions for some directories:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/xbackbone/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/xbackbone/
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/xbackbone/uploads/

Step 4: Configure NGINX

Finally, we'll need to configure NGINX to serve XBackBone.

Create a new NGINX server block:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/xbackbone.conf

And add the following content to it:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com;

    root /var/www/html/xbackbone;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    location /uploads/ {
        internal;
    }

    error_log /var/log/nginx/xbackbone_error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/xbackbone_access.log;
}

Make sure to replace your-domain.com with your domain name, and save and close the file.

Then, create a symlink to the new server block:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/xbackbone.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, restart NGINX:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 5: Access XBackBone

You should now be able to access XBackBone in your web browser by navigating to:

http://your-domain.com/

You'll be prompted to log in with a username and password. The default credentials are:

Username: admin
Password: admin

That's it! You've successfully installed XBackBone on Manjaro. You can now use it to manage files on your server.

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