{"id":18604,"date":"2016-03-01T13:34:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T19:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=18604"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:07:10","slug":"how-to-install-elkarte-community-forum-on-ubuntu-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-elkarte-community-forum-on-ubuntu-14-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install Elkarte Community Forum on Ubuntu 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/elkarte-vps.gif\" alt=\"elkarte vps\" class=\"wp-image-18605\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In this tutorial, we will show you <strong>how to install Elkarte Community Forum on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS<\/strong> with Apache, PHP and MySQL installed on it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Elkarte is <span class=\"st\">an open source discussion forum written in PHP that allows web developers to create a community forum fully responsive to mobile and wireless devices.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This tutorial was tested and written for an <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu VPS<\/a>, but it should work on any Debian based Linux distribution.<br><br>This install guide assumes that Apache, MySQL and PHP are already installed and configured on your virtual server. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest stable version of Elkarte is 1.0.6 and it requires:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>PHP 5.3.x with the GD graphics library version 2.0.x+, XML, MySQLi and BCMath PHP extensions enabled;<\/li><li>Apache Web Server &gt;= 2.0 compiled with mod_rewrite module and with the following directives allowed: RewriteEngine, RewriteBase, RewriteCond and RewriteRule.;<\/li><li>MySQL 5.0.19 or higher installed on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual server<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the installation. Make sure your server OS packages are fully up-to-date:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">apt-get update \r\napt-get upgrade<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Download the latest version of Elkarte available at https:\/\/github.com\/elkarte\/Elkarte\/releases\/ to the server and extract it using the following commands:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/opt\r\nwget -O elkarte.zip https:\/\/github.com\/elkarte\/Elkarte\/releases\/download\/v1.0.6\/ElkArte_v1-0-6_install.zip\r\nmkdir -p \/var\/www\/html\/elkarte\r\nunzip -o elkarte.zip -d \/var\/www\/html\/elkarte\/<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Create a new MySQL database for Elkarte to use and assign a user to it with full permissions:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mysql -u root -p\r\nmysql&gt; CREATE DATABASE elkartedb;\r\nmysql&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON elkartedb.* TO 'elkarteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password' WITH GRANT OPTION;\r\nmysql&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nmysql&gt; quit<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Do not forget to replace &#8216;your-password&#8217; with a strong password.<br>Create a new virtual host directive in Apache. For example, create a new Apache configuration file named &#8216;elkarte.conf&#8217; on your virtual server:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">touch \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/elkarte.conf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then, run the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ln -s \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/elkarte.conf \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/elkarte.conf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Or, use the a2ensite to enable the &#8216;elkarte.conf&#8217; configuration in Apache:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo a2ensite elkarte.conf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Edit the &#8216;elkarte.conf&#8217; configuration file:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">vi \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/elkarte.conf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>and add the following lines to it:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\r\nServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com\r\nDocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/elkarte\/\r\nServerName yourdomain.com\r\nServerAlias www.yourdomain.com\r\n&lt;Directory \/var\/www\/html\/elkarte\/&gt;\r\nOptions FollowSymLinks\r\nAllowOverride All\r\n&lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\nErrorLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/yourdomain.com-error_log\r\nCustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/yourdomain.com-access_log common\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In order to set memory_limit, max_execution_time, max_input_time, post_max_size and upload_max_filesize and disable safe mode and Register Globals in PHP, edit the php.ini configuration file and add\/modify the following lines:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">vi \/etc\/php5\/apache2\/php.ini<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">register_globals = Off\r\npost_max_size = 128M\r\nupload_max_filesize = 128M\r\nmemory_limit = 128M\r\nmax_execution_time = 300\r\nmax_input_time = 300\r\nsafe_mode = Off<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Optionally, add\/modify the following lines in php.ini:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">display_errors = Off\r\nhtml_errors = Off\r\ndisplay_startup_errors = Off\r\nlog_errors = On\r\ndefault_charset = \"UTF-8\"\t\r\nmbstring.func_overload = 0<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Set the proper file permissions for the Apache web server to write to the Elkarte document root (&#8216;\/var\/www\/html\/elkarte&#8217;) directory:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/elkarte\/<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Enable the Apache2 rewrite module if it is not already done so:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo a2enmod rewrite<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">service apache2 restart<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Open your favorite web browser, navigate to http:\/\/yourdomain.com , start the installation process and follow the easy instructions: enter your MySQL username, password and database name, then create an administrator account. For security reason, it is recommended to delete the install.php file.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Log in to the administration back-end of the Elkarte community forum at http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/index.php?action=login and configure it according to your needs, install add-ons etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/elkarte-back-end-300x159.png\" alt=\"elkarte back-end\" class=\"wp-image-18606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/elkarte-back-end-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/elkarte-back-end-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/elkarte-back-end-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/elkarte-back-end.png 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>That is it. The Elkarte installation is now complete. Follow this guide on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-elk-stack-on-ubuntu-20-04\/\">Install ELK stack on Ubuntu 20.04<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Of course you don&#8217;t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">Fully-Managed Ubuntu Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to <strong>install Elkarte forum <\/strong> for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PS<\/span>.<\/strong> If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. 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