{"id":40403,"date":"2022-04-06T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=40403"},"modified":"2022-10-05T06:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:44:02","slug":"how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install YOURLS URL Shortener on Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" class=\"wp-image-40716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04.jpg\" alt=\"how to install yourls url shortener on ubuntu 20.04\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In the next few paragraphs, we are going to explain, how to install YOURLS URL Shortener on your Ubuntu 20.04 OS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>YOURLS stands for Your Own URL Shortener and is a free and open-source set of PHP scripts that allow you to have your own URL Shortener. YOURLS URL Shortener has plenty of terrific features such as plugins, APIs, stats, JSON support, great interface and etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In this tutorial, we are going to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/lamp-hosting\/\">LAMP stack<\/a> for the installation of the YOURLS URL Shortener.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The installation process is very easy and straightforward that can take up to 10 minutes. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\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-662da120a27df\" 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-662da120a27df\"  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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-1Update-the-System\" title=\"Step 1.Update the System\">Step 1.Update the System<\/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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-2Install-Apache-as-a-Web-Server\" title=\"Step 2.Install Apache as a Web Server\">Step 2.Install Apache as a Web Server<\/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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-3-Install-MariaDB-database-server\" title=\"Step 3. Install MariaDB database server\">Step 3. Install MariaDB database server<\/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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-4-Create-a-database-and-user-for-YOURLS\" title=\"Step 4. Create a database and user for YOURLS\">Step 4. Create a database and user for YOURLS<\/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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-5-Install-PHP-with-extensions\" title=\"Step 5. Install PHP with extensions\">Step 5. Install PHP with extensions<\/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-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-6-Install-YOURLS-URL-Shortener\" title=\"Step 6. Install YOURLS URL Shortener\">Step 6. Install YOURLS URL Shortener<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-7Create-Apache-Virtual-Host-File\" title=\"Step 7.Create Apache Virtual Host File\">Step 7.Create Apache Virtual Host File<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20-04\/#Step-8-Finish-the-YOURLS-Installation\" title=\"Step 8. Finish the YOURLS Installation\">Step 8. Finish the YOURLS Installation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites\"><\/span>Prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04<\/li>\r\n<li>User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-1Update-the-System\"><\/span>Step 1.Update the System<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Every fresh installation needs the latest updates. To update the system execute the commands below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt update -y &amp;&amp; sudo apt upgrade -y<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-2Install-Apache-as-a-Web-Server\"><\/span>Step 2.Install Apache as a Web Server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Install the Apache Web server with the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt install apache2<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once, installed start and enable the service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo systemctl enable apache2 &amp;&amp; sudo systemctl start apache2<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Check the status of the service:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo systemctl status apache2<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You should receive the following output:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root@vps:~#sudo systemctl status apache2\r\n\u25cf apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server\r\n     Loaded: loaded (\/lib\/systemd\/system\/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)\r\n     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-02-09 19:36:35 UTC; 2 days ago\r\n       Docs: https:\/\/httpd.apache.org\/docs\/2.4\/\r\n    Process: 89546 ExecReload=\/usr\/sbin\/apachectl graceful (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\r\n   Main PID: 672 (apache2)\r\n      Tasks: 9 (limit: 4617)\r\n     Memory: 29.5M\r\n     CGroup: \/system.slice\/apache2.service\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-3-Install-MariaDB-database-server\"><\/span>Step 3. Install MariaDB database server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>MariaDB database server is required for creating a database for our YOURLS URL Shortener.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">apt-get install mariadb-server<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Enable and start the mariadb service<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo systemctl enable mariadb\r\nsudo systemctl start mariadb<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Check the status of the MariaDB service:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo systemctl status mariadb<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You should receive the following output:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root@vps:~# sudo systemctl status mariadb\r\n\u25cf mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.3.32 database server\r\n     Loaded: loaded (\/lib\/systemd\/system\/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)\r\n     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-02-11 22:59:44 UTC; 1min 49s ago\r\n       Docs: man:mysqld(8)\r\n             https:\/\/mariadb.com\/kb\/en\/library\/systemd\/\r\n   Main PID: 138979 (mysqld)\r\n     Status: \"Taking your SQL requests now...\"\r\n      Tasks: 31 (limit: 4617)\r\n     Memory: 68.0M\r\n     CGroup: \/system.slice\/mariadb.service\r\n             \u2514\u2500138979 \/usr\/sbin\/mysqld\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-4-Create-a-database-and-user-for-YOURLS\"><\/span>Step 4. Create a database and user for YOURLS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">CREATE DATABASE yourls;\r\nGRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON yourls.* TO 'yourls'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YourStrongPasswordHere';\r\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nexit;<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-5-Install-PHP-with-extensions\"><\/span>Step 5. Install PHP with extensions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Since the YOURLS URL Shortener is a set of PHP scripts, you need to install the PHP along with the PHP extensions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-json php7.4-cgi php7.4-xsl php7.4-sqlite<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-6-Install-YOURLS-URL-Shortener\"><\/span>Step 6. Install YOURLS URL Shortener<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>First of all, we need to clone the YOURLS URL Shortener from Github. Go into the HTML directory on your server:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/var\/www\/html\r\n\r\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/YOURLS\/YOURLS.git .<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once, cloned go into the <b>user<\/b> directory of the cloned repo and copy the <b>config-sample.php<\/b> to <b>config.php<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/var\/www\/html\/user\r\ncp config-sample.php config.php<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once, copied open the <b>config.php<\/b> file with your favorite editor and modify the fields for database, database user, and password that you set in the previous steps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/** MySQL database username *\/\r\ndefine( 'YOURLS_DB_USER', '<b>yourls<\/b>' );\r\n\r\n\/** MySQL database password *\/\r\ndefine( 'YOURLS_DB_PASS', '<b>YourStrongPasswordHere<\/b>' );\r\n\r\n\/** The name of the database for YOURLS\r\n ** Use lower case letters [a-z], digits [0-9] and underscores [_] only *\/\r\ndefine( 'YOURLS_DB_NAME', '<b>yourls<\/b>' );<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\/** MySQL hostname.<br \/>** If using a non standard port, specify it like &#8216;hostname:port&#8217;, e.g. &#8216;localhost:9999&#8217; or &#8216;127.0.0.1:666&#8217; *\/<br \/>define( &#8216;YOURLS_DB_HOST&#8217;, &#8216;<b>localhost<\/b>&#8216; );<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\/** MySQL tables prefix<br \/>** YOURLS will create tables using this prefix (eg `yourls_url`, `yourls_options`, &#8230;)<br \/>** Use lower case letters [a-z], digits [0-9] and underscores [_] only *\/<br \/>define( &#8216;YOURLS_DB_PREFIX&#8217;, &#8216;<b>yourls_<\/b>&#8216; );<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\/*<br \/>** Site options<br \/>*\/<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\/** YOURLS installation URL<br \/>** All lowercase, no trailing slash at the end.<br \/>** If you define it to &#8220;http:\/\/sho.rt&#8221;, don&#8217;t use &#8220;http:\/\/www.sho.rt&#8221; in your browser (and vice-versa)<br \/>** To use an IDN domain (eg http:\/\/h\u00e9h\u00e9.com), write its ascii form here (eg http:\/\/xn--hh-bjab.com) *\/<br \/>define( &#8216;YOURLS_SITE&#8217;, &#8216;http:\/\/<b>yourdomainhere<\/b>&#8216; );<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once, these values are set you need to scroll down in this file and set the username and password that you will need for later access of YOURLS. Find and change these lines of code:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$yourls_user_passwords = [\r\n        '<b>administrator<\/b>' =&gt; '<b>YourStrongPasswordHere<\/b>',\r\n        \/\/ 'username2' =&gt; 'password2',\r\n        \/\/ You can have one or more 'login'=&gt;'password' lines\r\n];\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Save the changes in the file and close it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-7Create-Apache-Virtual-Host-File\"><\/span>Step 7.Create Apache Virtual Host File<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The next step is to create the Apache Virtual host configuration file. Go into the Apache directory:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\r\n\r\nsudo nano yourls.conf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once, you create the <b>yourls.conf<\/b> file, paste the following lines of code.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\r\n\r\nServerName yourdomain.com\r\nDocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\r\n\r\n&lt;Directory \/var\/www\/html&gt;\r\n          Options FollowSymlinks\r\n          AllowOverride All\r\n          Require all granted\r\n     &lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\n\r\nErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}\/yourdomain.com_error.log\r\nCustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}\/yourdomain.com_access.log combined\r\n\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Save the Apache configuration file, close it and enable the website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo a2ensite yourls.conf\r\nsudo a2enmod rewrite<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once, the website is enabled restart the apache service<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-8-Finish-the-YOURLS-Installation\"><\/span>Step 8. Finish the YOURLS Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Access the website at <b>http:\/\/yourdomain\/admin<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"434\" class=\"wp-image-40743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04.webp 948w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-300x137.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-150x69.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-768x352.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the &#8220;<b>Install YOURLS<\/b>&#8221; button.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"427\" class=\"wp-image-40744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04.webp 924w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04-300x139.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04-150x69.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04-768x355.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Once, clicked there will be some configuration checks and if everything is OK, you should see the following screen:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"517\" class=\"wp-image-40746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu.webp 928w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-768x428.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the &#8220;<b>YOURLS Administration Page<\/b>&#8221; link:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"513\" class=\"wp-image-40747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04.webp 932w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04-300x165.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04-150x83.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-ubuntu-20.04-768x423.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Enter the administrator credentials you set before in the <b>config.php<\/b> file above and hit login.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"412\" class=\"wp-image-40748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu.webp 919w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-300x134.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-150x67.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/how-to-install-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-768x344.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Congratulations! You successfully installed the YOURLS URL Shortener on Ubuntu 20.04<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"482\" class=\"wp-image-40749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/installing-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/installing-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04.webp 932w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/installing-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-300x155.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/installing-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-150x78.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/installing-yourls-url-shortener-on-ubuntu-20.04-768x397.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Now you can easily run your own URL shortening service in no time. Of course, if you find some difficulties while installing the YOURLS URL Shortener you do not have to install it by yourself. You can always contact our system admins and with their expertise, they will install YOURLS URL Shortener. All you need to do is order an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting\/\">NVMe VPS plan<\/a> and contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/\">RoseHosting<\/a> support. We are available 24\/7.<\/p>\r\n<p>PS. If you liked this post, on how to install YOURLS URL Shortener on Ubuntu 20.04, please share it with your friends on social networks or simply leave a reply below. 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