Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is a free, open-source forum software that allows website owners to create discussion boards for their communities. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SMF on Void Linux.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
The first step is to download the latest version of SMF from the official website. You can download it using the following command:
$ wget https://download.simplemachines.org/?smflatest
The above command will download the latest version of SMF to your system. You can also download it manually from the official website.
Next, extract the downloaded SMF archive file to the Apache document root directory. You can do this using the following command:
$ tar zxvf SMF*.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
The above command will extract the SMF archive to the /var/www/html/ directory.
Next, you need to create a MySQL database for SMF. You can do this using the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE smf;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON smf.* TO 'smfuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
In the above commands, replace smfuser with your desired username, and password with your desired password.
To configure SMF, open your web browser and visit http://your_server_ip/install.php. You will see the installation page of SMF.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. When prompted, enter the following details:
smfsmfuserpasswordAfter completing the installation process, delete the install.php file from the document root directory to prevent unauthorized access.
$ rm /var/www/html/install.php
To access SMF, open your web browser and visit http://your_server_ip/. You will see the SMF homepage.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SMF on Void Linux. You can now create forums and start discussions with your community.
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