{"id":31832,"date":"2020-02-22T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T19:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=31832"},"modified":"2024-03-06T05:09:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:09:50","slug":"how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Vanilla Forums on Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu18.04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu18.04.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu18.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu18.04-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Vanilla Forums on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">Ubuntu 18.04 VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/configure-vanilla-forums-messageboard-platform-on-ubuntu18.04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"60\" \/>Vanilla Forums is an open-source multi-lingual forum software written in PHP. It provides all of the features you need to run a successful forum. It\u2019s easy to install and use, and it comes with lots of add-ons and themes to choose from. Let&#8217;s begin with the installation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662d59dd4f8a1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662d59dd4f8a1\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Prerequisites\" title=\"Prerequisites\">Prerequisites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Step-1-Connect-to-Your-Server\" title=\"Step 1: Connect to Your Server\">Step 1: Connect to Your Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Step-2-Install-LAMP\" title=\"Step 2: Install LAMP\">Step 2: Install LAMP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Step-3-Download-Vanilla-Forums\" title=\"Step 3: Download Vanilla Forums\">Step 3: Download Vanilla Forums<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Step-4-Configure-the-Database\" title=\"Step 4: Configure the Database\">Step 4: Configure the Database<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Step-5-Configure-Apache\" title=\"Step 5: Configure Apache\">Step 5: Configure Apache<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-vanilla-forums-on-ubuntu-18-04\/#Step-6-Installing-Vanilla-Forums\" title=\"Step 6: Installing Vanilla Forums\">Step 6: Installing Vanilla Forums<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites\"><\/span>Prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For the purposes of this tutorial, we will be using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">Ubuntu 18.04 VPS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You will also need a working LAMP or LEMP (Linux, Apache\/Nginx, MySQL\/MariaDB, PHP) stack. We will also show you how to install your own LAMP stack as a part of this tutorial.<\/li>\n<li>Full SSH root access or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">user with sudo privileges<\/a> is also required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-1-Connect-to-Your-Server\"><\/span>Step 1: Connect to Your Server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before we begin, you will need to connect to your server via SSH as the root user or as any other user that has sudo privileges.<\/p>\n<p>To connect to your server as the root user, use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>ssh root@<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IP_ADDRESS<\/span> -p <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PORT_NUMBER<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>Make sure to replace <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IP_ADDRESS<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PORT_NUMBER<\/span> with your actual server IP address and SSH port number.<\/p>\n<p>Once logged in, make sure that your server is up-to-date by running the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update\r\nsudo apt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-2-Install-LAMP\"><\/span>Step 2: Install LAMP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before we proceed with the Vanilla Forums installation, we will need to prepare our server and set up a LAMP stack. If you already have a working LAMP setup installed on your server, you can skip this step and go ahead to the next step of this tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>To install the Apache web server, run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install apache2<\/pre>\n<p>Once the installation is complete, enable the Apache service to start automatically upon system boot. You can do that with the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo systemctl enable apache2<\/pre>\n<p>To verify that Apache is running, execute the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo systemctl status apache2<\/pre>\n<p>To install the MySQL database server, enter the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install mysql-server<\/pre>\n<p>During the installation, you will be asked to enter a password for the MySQL root user. Make sure to enter a strong password.<\/p>\n<p>To further improve the security of our MySQL installation as well as set up a password for our MySQL root user, we need to run the <strong>mysql_secure_installation<\/strong> script and follow the on-screen instructions. Run the command below to configure your system:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/pre>\n<p>If the program asks you to enter your current MySQL root password, just press your [Enter] key once, as no password is set by default when installing MySQL.<\/p>\n<p>A few more questions will be displayed on-screen &#8211; it is recommended that you answer yes to all of them by entering the character &#8216;Y&#8217;:<\/p>\n<pre>Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : Y\r\nDisallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : Y\r\nRemove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : Y\r\nReload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : Y<\/pre>\n<p>You will also need to enable MySQL and Apache to start on boot with:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo systemctl enable apache2\r\nsudo systemctl enable mysql<\/pre>\n<p>PHP 7.3 is the recommended version for running Vanilla Forums. However, Ubuntu 18.04 comes with PHP 7.2 by default. Therefore, we will need to manually update PHP to 7.3 or later.<\/p>\n<p>To install PHP 7.3 on your server, first, we need to enable the ondrej\/php PPA, by running the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej\/php<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n<p>You can now install PHP 7.3 along with the other extensions required by Vanilla Forums:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install php7.3 libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-common php7.3-mysql php7.3-cli php7.3-opcache php7.3-gd php7.3-curl php7.3-cli php7.3-imap php7.3-mbstring php7.3-soap php7.3-xmlrpc php7.3-xml php7.3-zip<\/pre>\n<p>To verify that PHP 7.3 is successfully installed, run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>php -v<\/pre>\n<p>You should get the following output on your screen:<\/p>\n<pre>PHP 7.3.8-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (cli) (built: Aug  7 2019 09:52:12) ( NTS )\r\nCopyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group\r\nZend Engine v3.3.8, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies\r\n    with Zend OPcache v7.3.8-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-3-Download-Vanilla-Forums\"><\/span>Step 3: Download Vanilla Forums<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now that we have our LAMP stack installed, and we can start with our Vanilla Forums installation and configuration.<\/p>\n<p>First, let\u2019s download the latest stable Vanilla Forums version from <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vanilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this link<\/a>. At the moment of writing this tutorial, the latest stable version is 3.1. To download this version on your server, you can run the following command. We have added the download link into the command for you:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo wget https:\/\/open.vanillaforums.com\/get\/vanilla-core-3-1.zip<\/pre>\n<p>Let&#8217;s extract the files to the <code>\/var\/www<\/code> location on our server with this next line:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo unzip vanilla-core-3-1.zip -d \/var\/www<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you don&#8217;t have the <code>unzip<\/code> package installed on your server, you can install it with the following command: <code>apt-get install unzip<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Remove the downloaded file with:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo rm vanilla-core-3-1.zip<\/pre>\n<p>Rename the extracted directory named <code>package<\/code> to <code>vanilla<\/code> with the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo mv \/var\/www\/package \/var\/www\/vanilla<\/pre>\n<p>The owner of all of these files needs to be the user of the web server running on your system. In our example, we are using the Apache web server and Apache runs as &#8216;www-data&#8217; user on Ubuntu 18.04.\u00a0 To change the owner and set the correct permissions for these files, you need to run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/vanilla\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-4-Configure-the-Database\"><\/span>Step 4: Configure the Database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Next, we need to create a new database for our Vanilla Forums application. To do this, log in to your MySQL database server as the root user by typing the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo mysql -u root -p<\/pre>\n<p>Once you are signed in, create a new database and user by running the following commands on the MySQL shell:<\/p>\n<pre>CREATE DATABASE <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">vanilla_db<\/span>;\r\nCREATE USER <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">vanilla<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">_user<\/span>@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">strong-password<\/span>';\r\nGRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">vanilla<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">_db<\/span>.* TO <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">vanilla<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">_user<\/span>@localhost;\r\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/pre>\n<p>You can replace the database and username with your own and also make sure to replace <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">strong-password<\/span> with an actual strong password.<\/p>\n<p>To exit the MySQL shell, type:<\/p>\n<pre>exit<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-5-Configure-Apache\"><\/span>Step 5: Configure Apache<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In this step, we will show you how to create a virtual host file for Apache \u2013 this is so you can access your Vanilla Forums using your domain name.<\/p>\n<p>Create the virtual host file by executing the following command. We&#8217;ll be using &#8216;nano&#8217; as our text editor, but you can use whatever you like:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo nano \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/mydomain.conf<\/pre>\n<p>And enter the following information:<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\r\n     DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/vanilla\/\r\n     ServerName <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">mydomain.com<\/span>\r\n\r\n     &lt;Directory \/var\/www\/vanilla\/&gt;\r\n          Options FollowSymlinks\r\n          AllowOverride All\r\n          Require all granted\r\n     &lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\n\r\n     ErrorLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/vanilla_error.log\r\n     CustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/vanilla_access.log combined\r\n\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>Save and quit the file once the changes have been made.<\/p>\n<p>In our example, we will use a domain called <code>mydomain.com<\/code>. Make sure to replace <code>mydomain.com<\/code> with your actual domain\/subdomain name that you would like to use for your Vanilla Forums.<\/p>\n<p>Enable the \u201cmydomain.conf\u201d configuration in Apache using:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo a2ensite mydomain.com<\/pre>\n<p>Reload your Apache server in order to activate the new configuration:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo systemctl reload apache2<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-6-Installing-Vanilla-Forums\"><\/span>Step 6: Installing Vanilla Forums<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can now navigate to <code>http:\/\/mydomain.com<\/code> in your browser to access the Vanilla Forums installation wizard.<\/p>\n<p>You need to enter your database information which was created in Step 4 of this tutorial (username, database name, and password). <strong>NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong>If you have Apache web server running on your VPS, you will also need to select the &#8220;Use Vanilla&#8217;s .htaccess.&#8221; option.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31833 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla001.png 644w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla001-150x148.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla001-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the name of your application and admin email, username, and password, and then click on the <strong>Continue<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31834 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla002.png 576w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla002-150x137.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla002-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The installation will be automatically completed and you will be taken to the Vanilla Forums dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31835 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003-1024x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003-1080x474.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/vanilla003.png 1259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it! Vanilla Forums has been successfully installed on your Ubuntu 18.04 server.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/managed-vanilla-forums-support-and-install-on-ubuntu-hosting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"60\" \/>Of course, you don\u2019t have to know <strong>how to install Vanilla Forums on Ubuntu 18.04<\/strong>\u00a0if you have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managed Ubuntu Hosting<\/a> with us. You can simply ask our support team to install Vanilla Forums on Ubuntu 18.04 for you. They are available 24\/7, and will be able to help you with the installation of Vanilla Forums on Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS<\/strong>.<\/span> If you enjoyed reading this blog post on how to install Vanilla Forums on Ubuntu 18.04, feel free to share it on social networks by using the shortcuts below, or simply leave a comment in the comments section. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Vanilla Forums on a Ubuntu 18.04 VPS. 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