DomainMOD is a free and open-source web-based application used for managing domain names, websites, and other related services. It provides tools for managing domain registration, DNS records, WHOIS data, and SSL certificates easily.
This tutorial will guide you on how to install DomainMOD on OpenSUSE latest version.
Before installing DomainMOD, ensure that you have:
DomainMOD runs on Apache web server, so the first step is to install Apache on your system. You can do so by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo zypper install apache2
DomainMOD is a PHP-based application, and you need to install PHP and its modules to run it. Run the following command to install PHP and required modules:
sudo zypper install php php-mysql apache2-mod_php7 php7-openssl php7-dom php7-xmlwriter php7-tokenizer php7-mbstring php7-json php7-gd php7-zip
DomainMOD needs a database to store data, and MariaDB is a popular open-source relational database server. Run the following command to install the MariaDB server:
sudo zypper install mariadb mariadb-client
After installing the MariaDB server, execute the following command to secure it:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt you to set a root password, remove anonymous users, disable remote root login, and remove test databases. Follow the prompts and secure the MariaDB server.
Create a database, user, and grant privileges on your newly installed MariaDB server by running the following SQL commands:
CREATE DATABASE domainmod;
CREATE USER 'domainmoduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword!';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON domainmod.* TO 'domainmoduser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace StrongPassword! with a password of your choice.
Download the latest stable release of DomainMOD from https://domainmod.org/download/. You can do this by executing the following command:
wget https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod/archive/5.2.0.zip
You can replace 5.2.0 with the latest stable release available.
Extract the downloaded file and move it to Apache root directory. You can do this by executing the following commands:
unzip 5.2.0.zip
sudo mv domainmod-5.2.0 /srv/www/htdocs/domainmod
Copy the config/config.php.sample file to config/config.php and edit it to add your database credentials:
cd /srv/www/htdocs/domainmod
cp config/config.php.sample config/config.php
sudo nano config/config.php
Find the following lines and replace them with your database credentials:
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_name'] = 'domainmod';
$config['db_user'] = 'domainmoduser';
$config['db_pass'] = 'StrongPassword!';
Set the appropriate permissions to ensure that Apache web server can read and write files to the DomainMOD directory. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/domainmod
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/domainmod
Finally, access DomainMOD by navigating to http://localhost/domainmod in your web browser. You should see the login page. Use the default administrator account username admin and password password to login.
You have successfully installed DomainMOD on OpenSUSE latest version. You can now manage your domain names, websites, and other related services easily.
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