How to Install MyBB CMS on Ubuntu 19.04

Installation of MyBB CMS on Ubuntu 19.04

MyBB is an open source, multi-lingual extensible blogging engine which does not require a database. It stores all of its content on text files. It also contains features like support of various plugins, widget support, customizable themes. This tutorial covers the installation of MyBB cms on Ubuntu 19.04.

Requirements for MyBB CMS:

Apache

MySQL

PHP and its modules

(php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common php-dev libmcrypt-dev php-pear)

Installation procedure

You need to configure the LAMP setup For the Installation of Mybb CMS If you dont have the Lamp setup Refer Here

Before you begin, ensure you check your Ubuntu version by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 19.04
Release:	19.04
Codename:	disco

Configure the MySQL database. Log into MySQL as a root user and make the necessary settings.

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4
Server version: 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 (Ubuntu)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database mybb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)
mysql> create user 'mybbuser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> grant all privileges on mybb.* to 'mybbuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> exit
Bye

Once the database configuration is done, download the MyBB CMS Installation package by using the wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1820.zip
--2019-05-08 20:49:56--  https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1820.zip
Resolving resources.mybb.com (resources.mybb.com)... 104.25.196.102, 104.25.195.102, 2606:4700:20::6819:c466, ...
Connecting to resources.mybb.com (resources.mybb.com)|104.25.196.102|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2251084 (2.1M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘mybb_1820.zip’

mybb_1820.zip               100%[==========================================>]   2.15M   984KB/s    in 2.2s    

2019-05-08 20:50:00 (984 KB/s) - ‘mybb_1820.zip’ saved [2251084/2251084]

Once the download is completed extract the downloaded package using unzip command.

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip mybb_1820.zip
Archive:  mybb_1820.zip
   creating: Documentation/
  inflating: Documentation/credits.html  
   creating: Documentation/images/
  inflating: Documentation/images/logo.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_credits.png
.
.
.
 creating: Upload/uploads/avatars/
  inflating: Upload/uploads/avatars/index.html  
  inflating: Upload/uploads/index.html  
  inflating: Upload/usercp.php       
  inflating: Upload/warnings.php     
  inflating: Upload/xmlhttp.php      

root@linuxhelp:~# mv Upload /var/www/mybb

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/mybb

root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/mybb

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/mybb.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        Documentroot /var/www/mybb
<directory /var/www/mybb>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</Virtualhost>

root@linuxhelp:~# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite m`ybb.conf
Enabling site mybb.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite 
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2