How to Install Vanilla Forum on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Vanilla is a simple discussion forum written in PHP. Vanilla source code is publicly hosted on Github. This guide will walk you through the Vanilla installation process on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Vultr server instance using PHP, MySQL as a database, and Nginx as a web server.
Requirements
Vanilla Forum recommended software stack:
- PHP version 7.2 or greater. PHP 7.3 or greater strongly recommended. This guide will use PHP 7.2.x.
- PHP extensions:
mbstring
,curl
,gd
,PDO
,mysqli
,openssl
,gd
,pdo
. - MySQL version 5.7 or greater (or Percona/MariaDB equivalent). This guide will use MySQL 5.7.x.
- Web server software (Nginx, Apache). This guide will use Nginx.
Before you begin
Check the Ubuntu version.
lsb_release -ds
# Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Create a new non-root
user account with sudo
access and switch to it.
adduser johndoe --gecos "John Doe"
usermod -aG sudo johndoe
su - johndoe
NOTE: Replace johndoe
with your username.
Set up the timezone.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Ensure that your system is up to date.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Install the needed packages.
sudo apt install -y zip unzip curl wget git
Install PHP
Install PHP, as well as the necessary PHP extensions.
sudo apt install -y php7.2 php7.2-cli php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-mbstring php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-mysql php7.2-json
Check the version.
php -v
# PHP 7.2.19-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 (cli) (built: Aug 12 2019 19:34:28) ( NTS )
Check installed PHP extensions.
php -m
# mbstring
# curl
# gd
# PDO
# mysqli
# openssl
# . . .
Install MySQL
Install MySQL.
sudo apt install -y mysql-server
Check the version.
mysql --version
# mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.27, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper
Run the mysql_secure_installation
script to improve the security of your MySQL installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Log into MySQL as the root user.
sudo mysql -u root -p
# Enter password:
Create a new MySQL database and user and remember the credentials.
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Install Nginx
Install Nginx.
sudo apt install -y nginx
Check the version.
sudo nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
Configure Nginx for use with the Vanilla forum.
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/vanilla.conf
Populate the file with the below config.
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
root /var/www/vanilla;
index index.php;
location ~* /\.git { deny all; return 403; }
location /build/ { deny all; return 403; }
location /cache/ { deny all; return 403; }
location /cgi-bin/ { deny all; return 403; }
location /uploads/import/ { deny all; return 403; }
location /conf/ { deny all; return 403; }
location /tests/ { deny all; return 403; }
location /vendor/ { deny all; return 403; }
location ~* ^/index\.php(/|$) {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root/index.php;
fastcgi_param X_REWRITE 1;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}
location ~* \.php(/|$) {
rewrite ^ /index.php$uri last;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ @vanilla;
}
location @vanilla {
rewrite ^ /index.php$uri last;
}
}
Activate the new vanilla.conf
configuration by linking the file to the sites-enabled
directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/vanilla.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
Test the configuration.
sudo nginx -t
Reload Nginx.
sudo systemctl reload nginx.service
Install Vanilla forum
Navigate to the /var/www
directory.
cd /var/www
Download the latest Vanilla forum.
sudo wget https://open.vanillaforums.com/get/vanilla-core-3.1.zip
Unzip it and remove zip archive.
sudo unzip vanilla-core-3.1.zip
sudo rm vanilla-core-3.1.zip
Rename the directory to vanilla
.
sudo mv package vanilla
Provide appropriate ownership.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/vanilla
Navigate to the folder where you uploaded Vanilla in your web browser and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup.
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