{"id":18696,"date":"2016-02-21T14:49:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=18696"},"modified":"2022-12-12T04:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:37:34","slug":"install-miniflux-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-miniflux-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Miniflux on Ubuntu 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Miniflux on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with PHP-FPM and Nginx. Miniflux is an opensource, self-hosted minimalist web-based RSS reader optimized for readability. It is fast, simple, efficient and it works with your smartphone, tablet or desktop. This guide should work on other Linux VPS<\/a> systems as well but was tested and written for an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To install the latest stable version of PHP version 5.6 and all necessary modules, run:<\/p>\n Composer is a dependency manager for PHP with which you can install packages. Composer will pull in all the required libraries and dependencies you need for your project.<\/p>\n Clone the project repository from GitHub:<\/p>\n Change to the directory:<\/p>\n Install all PHP dependencies using composer<\/p>\n The cron job task will automatically update your feeds on a regular basis. Do not forget to change your_user with your username.<\/p>\n Create a new PHP-FPM pool for your user:<\/p>\n Do not forget to change your_user with your username. Ubuntu 14.04 comes with Nginx version 1.4, to install the latest stable version of Nginx version 1.8, run:<\/p>\n Generate a self signed ssl certificate:<\/p>\n If you don’t want to get warnings associated with self-signed SSL Certificates, you can purchase a trusted SSL certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n Next, create a new Nginx server block:<\/p>\n Do not forget to change your_user with your username.<\/p>\n Activate the server block by creating a symbolic link :<\/p>\n Test the Nginx configuration and restart nginx:<\/p>\n That\u2019s it. You have successfully installed Miniflux on your Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. The default username and password are both admin. Do not forget to change the default password. For more information about how to manage your Miniflux installation, please refer to the official miniflux documentation.<\/p>\n Of course you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our Linux VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to setup this for you. They are available 24×7 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n PS<\/strong><\/span>. 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. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Miniflux on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with PHP-FPM and Nginx. Miniflux … <\/p>\nLogin to your VPS via SSH<\/h4>\n
ssh user@vps_IP<\/pre>\n
Update the system and install necessary packages<\/h4>\n
[user]$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common git nano curl<\/pre>\n
Install PHP, Composer and required PHP modules<\/h4>\n
[user]$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej\/php5-5.6\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get update\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-cli php5-json php5-curl php5-sqlite<\/pre>\n
[user]$ curl -sS https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer | php\r\n[user]$ sudo mv composer.phar \/usr\/local\/bin\/composer<\/pre>\n
Install miniflux<\/h4>\n
[user]$ git clone https:\/\/github.com\/miniflux\/miniflux.git ~\/myminiflux.com<\/pre>\n
[user]$ cd ~\/myminiflux.com<\/pre>\n
[user]$ composer install<\/pre>\n
Set the Cronjob<\/h4>\n
\nType crontab -e<\/code> to edit your crontab file or create one if it doesn\u2019t already exist and enter the folowing:<\/p>\n
# Update all feeds in 60 minutes (updates the 8 oldest feeds each time with a total of 120 feeds).\r\n* *\/4 * * * cd \/home\/your_user\/myminiflux.com && \/usr\/bin\/php cronjob.php --call-interval=4 --update-interval=60 >\/dev\/null 2>&1\r\n<\/pre>\n
PHP-FPM configuration<\/h4>\n
[user]$ sudo nano \/etc\/php5\/fpm\/pool.d\/your_user.conf\r\n[your_user]\r\nuser = your_user\r\ngroup = your_user\r\nlisten = \/var\/run\/php-fpm-your_user.sock\r\nlisten.owner = your_user\r\nlisten.group = your_user\r\nlisten.mode = 0666\r\npm = ondemand\r\npm.max_children = 5\r\npm.process_idle_timeout = 10s\r\npm.max_requests = 200\r\nchdir = \/\r\n<\/pre>\n
\nRestart PHP-FPM:<\/p>\n[user]$ sudo service php5-fpm restart<\/pre>\n
Install and configure Nginx<\/h4>\n
[user]$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx\/stable\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get update\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get -y install nginx<\/pre>\n
[user]$ sudo mkdir -p \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\r\n[user]$ cd \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out miniflux.pass.key 2048\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl rsa -passin pass:x -in miniflux.pass.key -out miniflux.key\r\n[user]$ sudo rm miniflux.pass.key\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl req -new -key miniflux.key -out miniflux.csr\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in miniflux.csr -signkey miniflux.key -out miniflux.crt<\/pre>\n
[user]$ sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/myminiflux.com<\/pre>\n
server {\r\n listen 443;\r\n server_name myminiflux.com;\r\n root \/home\/your_user\/myminiflux.com;\r\n index index.php;\r\n\r\n location \/ {\r\n try_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php$is_args$args;\r\n }\r\n\r\n ssl on;\r\n ssl_certificate \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\/miniflux.crt;\r\n ssl_certificate_key \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\/miniflux.key;\r\n ssl_session_timeout 5m;\r\n ssl_ciphers 'AES128+EECDH:AES128+EDH:!aNULL';\r\n ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;\r\n ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;\r\n\r\n access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/miniflux.access.log;\r\n error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/miniflux.error.log;\r\n\r\n location \/data {\r\n deny all;\r\n return 404;\r\n }\r\n\r\n location ~ \\.php$ {\r\n fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;\r\n fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php-fpm-your_user.sock;\r\n fastcgi_index index.php;\r\n include fastcgi_params;\r\n fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\r\n fastcgi_intercept_errors off;\r\n fastcgi_buffer_size 16k;\r\n fastcgi_buffers 4 16k;\r\n }\r\n\r\n location ~ \/\\.ht {\r\n deny all;\r\n }\r\n}\r\n\r\nserver {\r\n listen 80;\r\n server_name myminiflux.com;\r\n\r\n add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=2592000;\r\n rewrite ^ https:\/\/$server_name$request_uri? permanent;\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
[user]$ sudo ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/myminiflux.com \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/myminiflux.com<\/pre>\n
[user]$ sudo nginx -t\r\n[user]$ sudo service nginx restart<\/pre>\n
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