Anahita is a powerful open-source social networking platform that enables users to build their own custom social networks. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Anahita on POP! OS Latest. Let's get started!
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your POP! OS:
If you don’t have any of the above prerequisites installed, run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-mysql git
Now that we have all the prerequisites installed, let's proceed with the installation of Anahita:
The first step is to clone the Anahita git repository to your server. In your terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to download the Anahita Git repository and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/anahitasocial/anahita.git
Navigate to the Anahita directory by running the following command:
cd anahita
Next, run the following commands to deploy Anahita:
php anahita site:deploy
Create a MySQL database for Anahita by running the following command:
mysql -u root -p
This will open the MySQL console. Now, create a new database for Anahita by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE anahita;
Next, create a new MySQL user and grant all permissions on the anahita database by running the following commands:
CREATE USER 'anahita'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'anahita123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON anahita.* TO 'anahita'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace anahita and anahita123 with your own preferred database name and password.
Now that we have set up the database for Anahita, we need to configure Anahita to use it. To do this, navigate to the configuration directory by running the following command:
cd configuration
Copy the configuration.php-dist file to configuration.php by running the following command:
cp configuration.php-dist configuration.php
Now, edit the configuration.php file and update the database details with the ones you created in the previous step.
nano configuration.php
Find the following lines and update them with your database details:
$cfg->db->host = 'localhost';
$cfg->db->name = 'anahita';
$cfg->db->user = 'anahita';
$cfg->db->password = 'anahita123';
Save and close the file.
Create a new virtual host for Anahita by running the following commands:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/anahita.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/anahita
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/anahita>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace example.com and yourdomain.com with your own domain names.
Save and close the file. Next, enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite anahita.conf
Restart the Apache web server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com. You should see the Anahita installation wizard. Follow the instructions to complete the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Anahita on POP! OS Latest. You can now start building your own custom social network using this powerful open-source platform.
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