HumHub is a social networking platform that is highly customizable, user-friendly and easy to use. If you want to use it on your Windows 11 machine, this tutorial will guide you through the process of installing HumHub on Windows 11.
Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:
You can install these prerequisites using a software package like XAMPP or WAMP or install them separately.
First, go to the HumHub website and download the latest stable version of HumHub. Once it is downloaded, extract the ZIP file into a folder.
Next, you need to create a new database for HumHub to use. You can do this using PHPMyAdmin or any other MySQL client. Create a new database and note down its name, username, and password, as you will need it later.
Open up the Apache configuration file located at C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf, and add the following code to the end of the <VirtualHost> tag:
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/humhub"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/humhub">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Make sure you change the path to the location where you extracted HumHub. Also, change the AllowOverride line to AllowOverride All.
Open the hosts file located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts with administrator privileges using Notepad or any other text editor. Add the following line at the end of the file:
127.0.0.1 humhub.test
Save the file and exit.
Open your web browser and go to http://humhub.test/index.php?r=installer/index. Follow the instructions and input the database information that you noted down earlier.
Once you have installed HumHub, go to http://humhub.test/index.php?r=space%2Fdirectory and create a new account. Once you have created an account, you can start using HumHub.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and set up HumHub on Windows 11. If you encounter any issues during the installation, feel free to consult the official HumHub documentation.
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