Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog engine that enables users to create and maintain blogs. Installing Serendipity on your OpenSUSE Latest system is a simple process that can be completed in just a few steps.
Before you start, you should make sure that your OpenSUSE Latest system is up to date and has all the necessary dependencies installed. You will require a web server with PHP 7.2 or higher, MySQL, and Apache.
We need to install Apache as our web server. Run the following command to install it:
sudo zypper install apache2
Next, we need to install PHP7.2 or higher version along with some required extensions. Run the following command to install it:
sudo zypper install php8 apache2-mod_php8 php8-mysql php8-mbstring php8-xmlwriter php8-ctype php8-json php8-gd
Serendipity requires a database to store blog data. We will use MySQL as our database engine. Run the following command to install MySQL:
sudo zypper install mysql mysql-community-server-client
We need to create a database and user for Serendipity to use. Run the following command to log in to MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
Once you are logged in, create a new database and user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE serendipity;
CREATE USER 'serendipityuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON serendipity.* TO 'serendipityuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Make sure to replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Now, we are ready to download and install Serendipity. Visit the following website https://docs.s9y.org/ and download the latest version of Serendipity.
Once you have downloaded the .tar archive, extract it to a directory in your web server's root directory. For instance, if your web server's root directory is /srv/www/htdocs/, then extract the archive to /srv/www/htdocs/serendipity.
Finally, we need to configure Serendipity. Open the serendipity_config_local.inc.php file located in the serendipity directory with a code editor:
sudo nano /srv/www/htdocs/serendipity/serendipity_config_local.inc.php
set the following values:
$config['dbHost'] = 'localhost';
$config['dbName'] = 'serendipity';
$config['dbUser'] = 'serendipityuser';
$config['dbPass'] = 'password';
Replace password with the password you set when creating the database user.
Save the file and exit.
Finally, we need to configure Apache to serve Serendipity. Open the /etc/apache2/conf.d/serendipity.conf file with a code editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/serendipity.conf
Add the following configuration:
Alias /serendipity /srv/www/htdocs/serendipity
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/serendipity>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save the file and exit.
Finally, we need to restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
That's it! Serendipity is now installed and ready to be used on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can verify that it is correctly installed and running by visiting http://localhost/serendipity in any web browser.
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