How to Install Mibew on Void Linux

Mibew is an open-source live support chat widget that can be added to your website. Here are the steps to install Mibew on Void Linux:

Prerequisites

• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A web server (such as Apache or Nginx) installed and running on your system.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

To get started, update your system package repositories and install the required packages:

sudo xbps-install -S curl php php-mysqli php-pdo php-cli php-fpm mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-server nginx

Step 2: Install Mibew

Next, download the latest version of Mibew from the official website:

sudo curl -L https://download.mibew.org/latest.zip -o /tmp/mibew.zip

Extract the downloaded archive:

sudo unzip /tmp/mibew.zip -d /var/www

Step 3: Create a MariaDB Database

Create a new database and user for Mibew:

sudo mysql -u root

CREATE DATABASE mibew;
CREATE USER 'mibewuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mibew.* TO 'mibewuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Create a new Nginx server block for your Mibew installation:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/mibew.conf

Paste in the following configuration:

server {
    listen      80;
    server_name example.com; # Change to your domain name
    root        /var/www/mibew;
    index       index.php index.html;

    access_log  /var/log/nginx/mibew_access.log;
    error_log   /var/log/nginx/mibew_error.log;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass    unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        include         fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Configure Mibew

Copy the default Mibew configuration file to a new file:

sudo cp /var/www/mibew/configs/config.yml /var/www/mibew/configs/config.local.yml

Edit the new configuration file:

sudo nano /var/www/mibew/configs/config.local.yml

Update the following fields with your own values:

database:
    dsn: "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=mibew"
    user: "mibewuser"
    password: "password"

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start Services

Start the MariaDB, PHP-FPM, and Nginx services:

sudo systemctl start mariadb php-fpm nginx

Step 7: Access Mibew

Open a web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the Mibew installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mibew on Void Linux!

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