Mibew is an open-source web-based chat application that allows you to communicate with your website visitors in real-time. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Mibew on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, ensure that you have met the following requirements:
Mibew uses a database to store its data. We'll use MariaDB as our database server. To install MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo zypper install mariadb mariadb-client
Once the installation is complete, start the MariaDB service and ensure that it starts automatically upon boot:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Create a new database and user for Mibew by running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MariaDB root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE mibew;
CREATE USER 'mibewuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mibew.* TO 'mibewuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace 'password' with a strong, secure password.
We'll download and install Mibew from the official website. Run the following commands in your terminal to get started:
cd /tmp
sudo wget https://download.mibew.org/latest.zip
sudo unzip latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /var/www/html/mibew-*
Navigate to the Mibew directory:
cd /var/www/html/mibew-*
Copy the configuration file:
sudo cp libs/config.default.php libs/config.php
Edit the configuration file and replace the values with your MariaDB database details:
sudo nano libs/config.php
Find the following lines:
$mysql_db = '';
$mysql_login = '';
$mysql_password = '';
$mysql_host = 'localhost';
Replace them with:
$mysql_db = 'mibew';
$mysql_login = 'mibewuser';
$mysql_password = 'password';
$mysql_host = 'localhost';
Save and exit the file.
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for Mibew:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/mibew.conf
Add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/mibew-1.6.16"
<Directory "/var/www/html/mibew-1.6.16">
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/mibew_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mibew_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "yourdomain.com" with your domain name.
Save and exit the file.
Enable the Apache rewrite module and restart the Apache service:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to:
http://yourdomain.com/
You should see the Mibew installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions and enter your database details.
Once the installation is complete, log in to the Mibew dashboard:
http://yourdomain.com/operator/
Enter your operator login and password, and start using Mibew.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Mibew on OpenSUSE Latest. You can use Mibew to communicate with your website visitors and provide real-time support.
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