How to Install Coral on POP! OS Latest

Coral is an open-source project that provides a set of tools to help publishers and journalists better manage and moderate online comments. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Coral on your POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have the following:

• A Linux-based system (Ubuntu 18.04 or later, Debian 9 or later, CentOS 7 or later)
• A user account with sudo privileges
• A web server (Apache or Nginx)
• PHP (version 7.2 or later)
• Composer

Step 1: Clone the Coral repository

First, you need to clone the Coral repository from GitHub. To do this, open your terminal and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/coralproject/talk.git

This will clone the Coral repository to your current directory.

Step 2: Install dependencies

Once you have cloned the Coral repository, navigate to the talk directory and install the project's dependencies using Composer. Run the following command:

cd talk && composer install

This will download and install all the required dependencies.

Step 3: Create a .env file

Next, you need to create a .env file in the talk directory. This file will contain your environment variables. Coral provides a sample .env file that you can copy and modify. Run the following command to create a copy of the sample .env file:

cp .env.example .env

Then, open the .env file using your favorite text editor:

nano .env

Set the following environment variables:

APP_URL="http://localhost"
DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_PORT="3306"
DB_DATABASE="coral"
DB_USERNAME="root"
DB_PASSWORD=""

Modify the values based on your setup. For example, if you are using an Apache web server, you should set APP_URL to the domain name or IP address of your server.

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Create a database

Coral requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. You need to create a new database and user for Coral. Log in to your MySQL/MariaDB server and run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE coral;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON coral.* TO 'coraluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace coraluser and password with your desired username and password for the Coral user.

Step 5: Run the installation script

Once you have created the database and user, you can run the installation script to set up Coral. To do this, run the following command from the talk directory:

php artisan coral:install

This will prompt you for some information, such as the administrator email and password. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

Step 6: Start the web server

After the installation is complete, you can start the web server to access Coral. Make sure that your web server is configured to serve the public directory of Coral.

For Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/coral.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName coral.example.com
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/coral/public

    <Directory /path/to/coral/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/coral-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/coral-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace coral.example.com with your domain name or IP address, and /path/to/coral with the path to the talk directory.

Save and close the file, then enable the new virtual host and restart Apache:

sudo a2ensite coral.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

For Nginx, create a new server block configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/coral.conf

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name coral.example.com;
    root /path/to/coral/public;

    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }

    error_log /var/log/nginx/coral-error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/coral-access.log;
}

Replace coral.example.com with your domain name or IP address, and /path/to/coral with the path to the talk directory.

Save and close the file, then enable the new server block and restart Nginx:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/coral.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 7: Access Coral

You can now access Coral by visiting your domain name or IP address in your web browser. If you used the sample .env file, the administrator email and password are admin@coralproject.net and admin.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Coral on your POP! OS Latest. You can now customize and configure it for your needs.

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