How to install family connections V3.7.0 on Ubuntu18.04

To install family connections V3.7.0 on Ubuntu18.04

Family Connections (commonly referred to as FCMS) is an open source content management system. It’ s an own Private Social Network. It is used to share pictures and videos in a family and friends circle.

Features:

• Share photos and videos
• Communicate with friends and family on the Message Board
• Keep track of reunions, birthdays and anniversaries on the Calendar
• Store addresses and phone numbers in the Address Book
• Create a blog with the Family News section
• Share your favorite side dishes, desserts and more on the Recipes section

Pre-requirements
Install LAMP (Apache, php7.0, mariadb-server)
In MariaDB (create database, user and give privileges to the user)

FOR PHP INSTALLATION

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
apt-get update 
apt-get install php7.0
apt-get  install php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-common php7.0-mbstring php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap php7.0-gd php7.0-xml php7.0-intl php7.0-mysql php7.0-cli php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-zip php7.0-curl

Download the family connections package using wget command

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://github.com/ryanhowdy/fcms/archive/3.7.0.zip
--2018-04-29 00:37:12--  https://github.com/ryanhowdy/fcms/archive/3.7.0.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/ryanhowdy/fcms/zip/3.7.0 [following]
--2018-04-29 00:37:14--  https://codeload.github.com/ryanhowdy/fcms/zip/3.7.0
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121, 192.30.253.120
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ 3.7.0.zip’ 

3.7.0.zip                  [                 < =>         ]   6.44M  1.05MB/s    in 7.2s    

2018-04-29 00:37:22 (920 KB/s) - ‘ 3.7.0.zip’  saved [6752497]

After downloading extract the downloaded directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip 3.7.0.zip 
Archive:  3.7.0.zip
f75a085f1a40d5025ed501565ef2ff33499bd57b
   creating: fcms-3.7.0/
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/.gitignore   
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/.scrutinizer.yml  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/.travis.yml  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/AUTHORS      
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/ChangeLog    
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/LICENSE      
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/README       
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/README.md    
   creating: fcms-3.7.0/dev/
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/dev/GITHELP  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/dev/README   
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/dev/less.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/dev/list     
.
.
.
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/inc/ImageTest.php  
   creating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/Test-More-OO.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/Test-More.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/Test-Simple-OO.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/Test-Simple.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/test-more.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/lib/utils.php  
  inflating: fcms-3.7.0/tests/test-all.php

Rename the download directory:

root@linuxhelp1:~# ls
3.7.0.zip  fcms-3.7.0
root@linuxhelp1:~# mv fcms-3.7.0/ family
root@linuxhelp1:~# ls
3.7.0.zip  family

Move the family directory into the /var/www/html directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv family/ /var/www/html/

Go to /var/www/html directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/html/
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html# ls
family  index.html

Change ownership and permission for the family directory

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html# chown -R www-data:www-data family/   chmod -R 775 family/

Configure virtual hosts for family connection cms. Create empty file named family.conf

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/html# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
root@linuxhelp1:/etc/apache2/sites-available# vim family.conf
< virtualhost *:80> 
servername  www.linuxhelp1.com
Documentroot  /var/www/html/family
< Directory /var/www/html/family> 
AllowOverride
order allow,deny
allow from all
< /Directory> 
< /virtualhost> 

Enable the family.conf file

root@linuxhelp1:/etc/apache2/sites-available# a2ensite family.conf 
Enabling site family.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Make an entry to the hosts file as follows

root@linuxhelp1:/etc/apache2/sites-available# vim /etc/hosts
< give your ip>     < give your  domain name> 

Restart apache web server

root@linuxhelp1:/etc/apache2/sites-available# systemctl restart apache2

Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL http://www.your domain name.com/family/familyconnections/

database connection established successfully

Configure the site settings as follows

admin user profile setup

you will see the following page after the successful installation

Log in using the admin user credentials

Here it will show admin page of family connections:

with this, the method to install family connections V3.7.0 on Ubuntu18.04 comes to an end.