OSSN (Open Source Social Network) is a social networking platform that allows users to create their own social networks. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install OSSN on your Ubuntu server.
Before you start, you need to make sure that you have the following:
Before we proceed with the installation, you need to update your server. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
OSSN requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP) stack to run. Let's install the LAMP stack on your server by running the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php -y
Next, we need to create a database for OSSN. To do this, login to MySQL by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password and then create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE ossn;
Create a new user for the database and give it full permissions by running the following commands:
CREATE USER 'ossnuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ossn.* TO 'ossnuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Now, let's download and install OSSN. First, navigate to the /var/www/html directory by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html
Next, download the latest version of OSSN by running the following command:
sudo wget https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/download/ossn-v5.7.zip
Unzip the downloaded file with the following command:
sudo unzip ossn-v5.7.zip
Change the ownership of the OSSN directory to the Apache user by running the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ossn/
Now, let's create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for OSSN. Create a new configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/ossn.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ossn/
ServerName your_domain_name.com
<Directory /var/www/html/ossn/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace admin@example.com with your email address, your_domain_name.com with your domain name or IP address, and save the file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, and then Enter.
Now, enable the virtual host configuration by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite ossn.conf
Finally, restart the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo service apache2 restart
Open your web browser and enter your server's IP address or domain name in the address bar. You should see the OSSN installation wizard. Follow the instructions to complete the setup.
When prompted, enter the database details that you created earlier.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the OSSN administrator panel by visiting your_domain_name.com/administrator.
That's it! You have successfully installed OSSN on your Ubuntu server. You can now start creating your own social network.
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