LibreServer is a web-based control panel that provides a user-friendly interface to manage servers. In this tutorial, we will see how to install LibreServer on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
OpenSUSE comes with a default package manager called Zypper. To install LibreServer and its dependencies, we first need to update the package manager.
Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo zypper update
Once the system updates, install the required dependencies for LibreServer using the following command:
sudo zypper install git curl php7 php7-mbstring apache2 mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-tools
Now, we need to download the LibreServer package from the official website. Open the terminal, and run the following commands:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/LibreServer/control-panel
After installing LibreServer, we need to configure Apache to serve the control panel. We can do this by creating a new Apache virtual host.
Create a new Apache configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/libreserver.conf
Add the following lines in the configuration file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/control-panel
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/libreserver_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/libreserver_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with your domain name.
Save and close the file.
Now, we need to restart the Apache service by executing the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
LibreServer requires a database to store its settings. We need to configure MariaDB and create a new database for LibreServer.
Open the terminal and run the following command to enter the MariaDB shell:
sudo mariadb
Create a new database and user for LibreServer with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE libreserver;
CREATE USER 'libreserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON libreserver.* TO 'libreserver'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace password with a secure password.
Now, we need to complete the LibreServer setup by opening the web-based installer in a web browser.
Open your favorite web browser and go to the following URL:
http://example.com/install
Replace example.com with your domain name.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. During the installation, you need to provide the database information (database name, username, password) and set up the admin account.
After completing the installation, you can access the LibreServer control panel by going to the following URL:
http://example.com/
Replace example.com with your domain name.
In this tutorial, we saw how to install LibreServer on OpenSUSE Latest. With LibreServer, you can manage your server with ease, thanks to its user-friendly interface.
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