In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Simple Machines Forum on OpenSUSE Latest using the command line.
You can download the latest version of Simple Machines Forum from the official website [https://www.simplemachines.org/]. Once downloaded, extract the archive to the directory where you want to install the forum.
$ wget https://download.simplemachines.org/index.php/smf_2-1-rc2_install.tar.gz
$ tar xzf smf_2-1-rc2_install.tar.gz
$ sudo mv smf2-1 /var/www/html/smf
Before installing Simple Machines Forum, you need to create a MySQL database for it. You can do this using the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE smf;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON smf.* TO 'smfuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
In the above command, replace smfuser with your desired database user and password with a secure password.
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Simple Machines Forum in Apache. You can do this by creating a new file named smf.conf in the /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/ directory:
$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/smf.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/smf
<Directory /var/www/html/smf>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/smf_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/smf_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.
After making changes to the smf.conf file, save and close it.
Open your web browser and navigate to your domain name (e.g http://yourdomain.com). You will be redirected to the Simple Machines Forum installation page. Follow the installation wizard and provide the required information such as database details and forum settings.
Once the installation is complete, you will be prompted to delete the Install.php file. You can either delete the file or move it to a secure location for future use.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Simple Machines Forum on OpenSUSE Latest. If you face any issues during the installation, you can refer to the official documentation or seek help from the Simple Machines Forum community.
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