Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#phpBB #BulletinBoard #Linux

Full steps can be found at i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0273.html

   01. Log into the Debian device
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
         # update repositories and install any available software updates
         sudo apt update
         sudo apt upgrade -y
         # install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
         sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client curl
         # install PHP components
         sudo apt install php php-mysql php-cli php-json php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip
         # configure the MySQL database
         sudo su
         mysql_secure_installation
   03. Press Enter to login as root
   04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
   05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
   06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
   07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
   08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
   09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
         mysql -u root -p
   10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
   11. Run the following commands to create the phpbb database and database user
         CREATE DATABASE phpbb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
         GRANT ALL ON phpbb.* TO 'phpbb_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '!!phpBB##';
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         EXIT;
         exit
   12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract phpBB in the Apache webroot
         # download latest phpbb version
         sudo wget -O phpbb.tar.gz download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.3/3.3.2/phpBB-3.3.2.tar.bz2
         # extract phpbb.tar.gz
         sudo tar xvf phpbb.tar.gz --directory /var/www
         # rename phpbb folder
         sudo mv /var/www/phpBB* /var/www/phpbb
         # create a new phpbb.conf file to configure the site
         sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpbb.conf
   13. Paste the following configuration into phpbb.conf
         Alias /phpbb "/var/www/phpbb/"
         ≪Directory /var/www/phpbb/≫
             AllowOverride All
         ≪/Directory≫
   14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to phpbb.conf
   15. Continue with the following commands to enable the site and restart Apache:
         # enable the phpbb site and required PHP modules
         sudo a2ensite phpbb
         sudo a2enmod rewrite
         # set the owner of the new phpbb directory to www-data
         sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/phpbb
         # restart apache2 service
         sudo systemctl restart apache2
   16. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/phpbb
   17. The phpBB introduction screen should be displayed
   18. Click the Install tab
   19. Click the Install button
   20. Input an administrator username, email address and password ≫ Click Submit
   21. Enter the database hostname, username, password and database name ≫ Click Submit
   22. Click the Submit button on the Server configuration page
   23. Click the Submit button on the E-mail configuration page
   24. Enter a title and short description on the Bulletin board configuration page ≫ Click Submit
   25. When the installation completes run the following command in terminal to delete the /install directory
sudo rm /var/www/phpbb/install -r
   26. In a web browser, navigate to http://DNSorIP/phpbb
   27. Welcome to your very own, self-hosted forum with phpBB
 


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