How To Install PunBB on CentOS 6
To Install PunBB on CentOS 6
PunBB is an open source, lightweight forum software written in PHP with simple layout and clean design. In general, it is faster than other forum software and it is very easy to administrate and moderate. The default theme of PunBB supports responsive design, so it is mobile and tablet friendly. It is really simple to install PunBB and this article demonstrates the method to install PunBB on CentOS 6.
Pre-requirement
Install LAMP (httpd, mysql-server, php )
In mysql (create database, user and give privileges to user)
For install php
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm
php module (yum -y install php70w php70w-gd php70w-imap php70w-ldap php70w-odbc php70w-pear php70w-xml php70w-xmlrpc php70w-mbstring php70w-mcrypt php70w-mysql php70w-snmp php70w-soap php70w-tidy curl curl-devel)
Installing PunBB
If you want to download the installation package for PunBB, make sure you get the latest and stable version. So, make sure you use the wget command along with its download link in the following manner. You should download the package in HTML location.
[root@linuxhelp html]# wget https://codeload.github.com/punbb/punbb/zip/master
--2017-11-30 14:03:20-- https://codeload.github.com/punbb/punbb/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com... 192.30.255.120, 192.30.255.121
Connecting to codeload.github.com|192.30.255.120|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 463252 (452K) [application/zip]
Saving to: “ master”
100%[======================================> ] 463,252 301K/s in 1.5s
2017-11-30 14:03:22 (301 KB/s) - “ master” saved [463252/463252]
Once the file is downloaded, you need to extract the downloaded file as follows.
[root@linuxhelp html]# unzip master
Archive: master
b20a80ae87ec5285df5d0e0de1bb64e5923e603f
creating: punbb-master/
inflating: punbb-master/.htaccess.dist
inflating: punbb-master/COPYING
inflating: punbb-master/ChangeLog
.
.
.
inflating: punbb-master/viewforum.php
inflating: punbb-master/viewtopic.php
Later, you need to rename the extracted directory by running the following command.
[root@linuxhelp html]# mv punbb-master punbb
And then, you are required to change the ownership of extracted directory by making use of the chown command in the following manner.
[root@linuxhelp html]# chown -R apache.apache punbb/
Later, you need to create a VirtualHost for PunBB. Run the following command for the same reason.
[root@linuxhelp html]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/punbb.conf
In that file, you need to make the following modifications.
< VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@linuxhelp12.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/punbb/ ServerName linuxhelp12.com ServerAlias www.linuxhelp12.com < Directory /var/www/html/punbb/> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All < /Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/linuxhelp12.com-error_log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/linuxhelp12.com-access_log common < /VirtualHost>
Once the configuration is done, you need to make an entry in hosts file. So, open the host file by running the following command.
[root@linuxhelp html]# vim /etc/hosts
And in that file, you need to add the following line.
< ipaddr> domainname
Once it is all done, you need to restart the httpd service by making use of the following command.
[root@linuxhelp html]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Now, let us continue the process from the browser. Open your browser and give http://yourdomain as URL. The installer of PunBB appears on your screen. Click the install option.
In the next page, you need to fill the database and admin details and then click on the Start Install option.
The installation is now complete. Click to go to the forum index to complete the procedure and view your Forum space.
The forum index page that appears resembles the one displayed on the following image. Click on the Login option.
In the following page, enter your login credentials and click Login.
You are now logged in as an admin.
With this, the installation of PunBB comes to an end.