Revive Adserver is a free, open-source ad management software used by website owners and advertisers to manage and display online advertisements. In this tutorial, we will be going through the process of installing Revive Adserver on POP! OS Latest.
The first step is to navigate to the official Revive Adserver download page. Select the latest stable version and download the appropriate package according to your system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit). Alternatively, you can download the package directly by running the following command in your terminal:
wget https://download.revive-adserver.com/revive-adserver-5.0.5.tar.gz
This will download the latest stable version of Revive Adserver to your current working directory.
Once you have downloaded the package, navigate to the directory where the package is located and extract it using the following command:
tar -xzvf revive-adserver-5.0.5.tar.gz
This will create a new directory named revive-adserver-5.0.5 containing all the necessary files and folders for Revive Adserver.
Next, we need to configure our web server to serve the Revive Adserver files. If you are using Apache, you can create a new virtual host configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/revive-adserver.conf
In this file, paste the following configuration code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/revive-adserver
ServerName your_domain.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/revive-adserver-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/revive-adserver-access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/revive-adserver>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace your_domain.com with your actual domain name.
If you are using NGINX, you can create a new server configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/revive-adserver.conf
In this file, paste the following configuration code:
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www/html/revive-adserver;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name your_domain.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/revive-adserver-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/revive-adserver-error.log;
client_max_body_size 100M;
client_body_timeout 120s;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Again, make sure to replace your_domain.com with your actual domain name.
Next, we need to create a new database and user for Revive Adserver. You can create a new MySQL/MariaDB database and user with the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
You will be prompted for your MySQL/MariaDB root password. Once you have entered it, run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE revive_adserver;
CREATE USER revive_user@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON revive_adserver.* TO revive_user@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace revive_user and your_password with your desired username and password.
Now that everything is set up, we are ready to run the Revive Adserver installation wizard. Navigate to the directory where you extracted the package in Step 2:
cd /path/to/revive-adserver-5.0.5
From here, run the following command:
php ./admin/install.php
This will start the installation wizard. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. When prompted, enter the database connection details you created in Step 4.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Revive Adserver on POP! OS Latest! You can now start managing and displaying advertisements on your website.
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