Revive Adserver is a free and open-source ad serving platform that allows publishers to serve ads on their websites. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Revive Adserver on Void Linux.
Before you begin, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
To start the installation process, update your system packages and install the required packages:
sudo xbps-install -S update
sudo xbps-install -S apache mariadb mariadb-client php php-cgi php-gd php-mysqli php-mbstring php-pear php-curl php-json
Download the latest version of Revive Adserver from the official website:
cd /tmp
wget https://download.revive-adserver.com/revive-adserver-5.0.5.tar.gz
tar -xvf revive-adserver-5.0.5.tar.gz
Copy the contents of the extracted directory to your web server’s document root:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/*
sudo cp -R revive-adserver-5.0.5/* /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Set the appropriate permissions on the Revive Adserver directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Create a new MySQL database for Revive Adserver:
sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE adserver;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON adserver.* TO 'adserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Edit the Revive Adserver configuration file:
sudo nano /var/www/localhost/htdocs/etc/revive.conf.php
Update the following lines with your MySQL database details:
$dbtype = 'mysqli';
$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbname = 'adserver';
$dbuser = 'adserver';
$dbpassword = 'password';
Navigate to your Revive Adserver installation in your web browser:
http://your_server_ip
Follow the installation wizard to complete the setup. Once installation is complete, you can start serving ads on your website.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Revive Adserver on Void Linux. If you encounter any issues during the setup process, you can refer to the official documentation available on the Revive Adserver website.
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