Install MyBB - Open Source Forum Software - on Linux
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0934.html
What is MyBB?
MyBB is the free and open source forum software powering thousands of engaging, vibrant, and unique communities across the internet. - https://mybb.com/
Installation
01. Log into the Linux device 02. Run the following commands in a terminal: # update software repositories sudo apt update # install any available software updates sudo apt upgrade -y # install Apache HTTPD and MySQL sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client wget zip -y # install PHP components sudo apt install php php-mysql php-common php-gd php-mbstring php-xml -y # configure the MySQL database sudo su mysql_secure_installation 03. Press Enter to login as root 04. Type N and press Enter to not switch to socket authentication 05. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm 06. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users 07. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely 08. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database 09. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables 10. Run the following command to login into MySQL: mysql -u root -p 11. Authenticate with the root password set earlier 12. Run the following commands to create the mybb database and database user CREATE DATABASE mybb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci; GRANT ALL ON mybb.* TO 'mybb_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'My44_rw$'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT; exit 13. Continue with the following commands to download and extract MyBB to the webroot # fetch the latest download URL regex='"browser_download_url": "(https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases/download/[^/]/mybb_[^/].zip)"' && response=$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/mybb/mybb/releases/latest) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" # download latest mybb version sudo wget -O /tmp/mybb.zip $downloadURL # extract the downloaded zip archive sudo unzip /tmp/mybb.zip -d /var/www/html # delete the Documentation directory sudo rm /var/www/html/Documentation -R # rename mybb folder sudo mv /var/www/html/Upload /var/www/html/mybb # rename htaccess file sudo mv /var/www/html/mybb/htaccess.txt /var/www/html/mybb/.htaccess # set permissions sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mybb # create a config file sudo touch /var/www/html/mybb/inc/config.php # make some files writable sudo chmod 666 /var/www/html/mybb/inc/config.php /var/www/html/mybb/inc/settings.php sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html/mybb/cache/ /var/www/html/mybb/cache/themes/ /var/www/html/mybb/uploads/ /var/www/html/mybb/uploads/avatars/ 14. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb 15. Click Next at the Welcome screen 16. Click Next at the License Agreement 17. Click Next at the Requirements Check 18. Complete the Database Configuration as shown below Database Engine: MySQL Improved Database Server Hostname: localhost Database Username: mybb_rw Database Password: My44_rw$ Database Name: mybb Table Prefix: mybb_ 19. Click Next after the table creation completes 20. Click Next to complete the Table Population 21. Click Next at the Theme Insertion screen 22. Modify the Board Configuration form as needed ≫ Click Next 23. Create an administrator account by entering a Username, Password and Email Address ≫ Click Next 24. Back in the terminal, remove the /install directory with the following command # remove the install directory sudo rm /var/www/html/mybb/install -R 25. Back in the browser, navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb/admin/index.php 26. Login with the administrator username and password created earlier 27. Welcome to MyBB Source: https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/
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