How to install MyBB in Ubuntu

Navigate to the root directory and download MyBB zip package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/html/ 
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# wget https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1807.zip 
--2016-09-30 13:15:33--  https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1807.zip
Resolving resources.mybb.com (resources.mybb.com)... 104.24.9.55, 104.24.8.55, 2400:cb00:2048:1::6818:837, ...
Connecting to resources.mybb.com (resources.mybb.com)|104.24.9.55|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2211839 (2.1M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ mybb_1807.zip’ 

mybb_1807.zip                               100%[==========================================================================================> ]   2.11M   319KB/s   in 6.5s   

2016-09-30 13:15:41 (335 KB/s) - ‘ mybb_1807.zip’  saved [2211839/2211839]

Extract the downloaded zip file for MyBB.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# unzip mybb_1807.zip  
Archive:  mybb_1807.zip

   creating: Documentation/
  inflating: Documentation/credits.html  
   creating: Documentation/images/
 extracting: Documentation/images/logo.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_credits.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_install.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_license.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_upgrade.png  
  inflating: Documentation/index.html  
  inflating: Documentation/install.html  
  inflating: Documentation/license.html  
  inflating: Documentation/data-stylesheet.css  
  inflating: Documentation/upgrade.html  
   creating: Upload/
.
.
.
  inflating: Upload/uploads/avatars/index.html  
  inflating: Upload/uploads/index.html  
  inflating: Upload/usercp.php       
  inflating: Upload/usercp2.php      
  inflating: Upload/warnings.php  
  inflating: Upload/xmlhttp.php

After extracting you can see a directory “ Upload” will be created under your document root, you can rename it to MyBB.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# ls 
Documentation  mybb_1807.zip  Upload
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# mv Upload mybb 

Change the ownership for the directory Mybb under your document root.

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

Create database and database user for Mybb in Mysql database.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# mysql -u root -p 
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, 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 mybbdb 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>  grant all privileges on mybbdb.* to mybbuser@localhost identified by ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

mysql>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>  exit
Bye

Move to MyBB directory and rename the file as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# cd mybb/
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/mybb# mv inc/config.default.php inc/config.php 

Next we need to create the virutal host entry for MyBB. Run the below command to create the new configuration file for apache to configure virtual host

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/mybb# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/mybb.conf 

< /VirtualHost *:80> 

ServerAdmin admin@linuxhelp.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mybb/
ServerName linuxhelp.com
ServerAlias www.linuxhelp.com

< Directory /var/www/html/mybb/> 

Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all

< /Directory> 

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/linuxhelp.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/linuxhelp.com-access_log common

< /VirtualHost> 

Enable the newly created site.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/mybb# a2ensite mybb.conf 
Enabling site mybb.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload

Restart the apache service by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/mybb# systemctl restart apache2 

Open the browser and navigate to http://< IP_address> /mybb

Read the license agreement and click Next to proceed further.

Then check the requirements.

Configure the database by entering the details.




Fill the board configuration and click Next.

Create Administrator Account and click Next.

After finishing installation, click “ Admin Control Panel” .