How to install Open Source Social Network in Ubuntu

Then install the following PHP extensions required for open source social network.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-json php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml php7.0-curl php7.0-zip php7.0-gd -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
php7.0-cli is already the newest version (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2).
php7.0-common is already the newest version (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2).
php7.0-json is already the newest version (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2).
php7.0-mysql is already the newest version (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2).
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Creating config file /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/xmlwriter.ini with new version

Creating config file /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/xsl.ini with new version
Setting up php7.0-zip (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) ...

Creating config file /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/zip.ini with new version
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) ...

Enable the apache rewrite module by running the following command.

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

After enabling the module, restart the apache service as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2 

Then start downloading the package for open source social network by running the below command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/downloads/ossn-v4.2-1468404691.zip -O ossn.zip 
--2016-09-22 01:46:12--  https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/downloads/ossn-v4.2-1468404691.zip
Resolving www.opensource-socialnetwork.org (www.opensource-socialnetwork.org)... 104.27.133.60, 104.27.132.60, 2400:cb00:2048:1::681b:843c, ...
Connecting to www.opensource-socialnetwork.org (www.opensource-socialnetwork.org)|104.27.133.60|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1722062 (1.6M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ ossn.zip’ 

ossn.zip                                      100%[===============================================================================================> ]   1.64M   478KB/s    in 3.5s    

2016-09-22 01:46:17 (478 KB/s) - ‘ ossn.zip’  saved [1722062/1722062]

Extract the downloaded package by using the unzip command.

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip ossn.zip -d /var/www/html/ 
Archive:  ossn.zip
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/.gitignore  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/.travis.yml  
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/cache/
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/cache/create.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/cache/flush.php  
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/component/
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/component/com_install.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/component/delete.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/component/disable.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/component/enable.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/actions/administrator/login.php
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extracting: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/skins/lightgray/img/object.gif  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/skins/lightgray/img/trans.gif  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/skins/lightgray/img/wline.gif  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/skins/lightgray/skin.ie7.min.css  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/skins/lightgray/skin.min.css  
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/themes/
   creating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/themes/modern/
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/themes/modern/theme.min.js  
  inflating: /var/www/html/ossn/vendors/tinymce/tinymce.min.js

Create Database and Database user for open source social network in Mysql database as shown below.

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: 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (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>  SET GLOBAL sql_mode=' '  
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

mysql>  CREATE DATABASE ossn_db 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

mysql>  CREATE USER ' ossn_user' @' localhost'  IDENTIFIED BY ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

mysql>  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ossn_db.* TO ' ossn_user' @' localhost'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

mysql>  FLUSH PRIVILEGES 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql>  exit
Bye

Open the php.ini file and then verify that the following parameters are correctly set on this file.

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini 

Now modify the following parameters on the php.ini file.

allow_url_fopen = On
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 32M

Create a new directory for upload and set the ownership for the directory.

root@linuxhelp:~# mkdir -p /var/www/ossndatadir 
root@linuxhelp:~# chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/ossn/ 

Finally we need to create virtual host entry for apache. Create a new apache configuration file for the virtual host and then create a soft link for the config file as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:~# touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/ossn.conf
root@linuxhelp:~# ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/ossn.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ossn.conf
root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/ossn.conf 

Add the following entry into it.

< VirtualHost *:80> 

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

< Directory /var/www/html/ossn/> 

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> 

Finally restart the apache service by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2 

To launch Open Source Social Network

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

Click next to proceed further.

Fill all the requirements and click install.

Then start creating the Admin account.