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- A server running Ubuntu 16.04.<\/li>\n
- A non-root user with sudo privileges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Update the System<\/h2>\n
Before starting, it is recommended to update your package with the latest version. You can do this with the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y<\/p>\nOnce your system is up-to-date, restart the system to apply the changes.<\/p>\n
Install LAMP Server<\/h2>\n
XMB forum runs on Apache web server, written in PHP and uses MySQL as a database backend, so you will need to install LAMP server to your system.<\/p>\n
You can install it by running the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0 pkp7.0-cli php7.0-gd php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xml wget nano unzip mariadb-server -y<\/p>\n
Once all the packages are installed, start Apache and MariaDB server and enable them to start on boot using the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql<\/p>\nDownload XMB<\/h2>\n
Next, you will need to download the latest version of the XMB from their official website. You can do this with the following command:<\/p>\n
wget https:\/\/www.xmbforum2.com\/download\/XMB-1.9.11.15.zip<\/p>\n
Next, extract the downloaded file using the following command:<\/p>\n
unzip XMB-1.9.11.15.zip<\/p>\n
Next, copy extracted directory to the apache root directory:<\/p>\n
cp -r XMB-1.9.11.15 \/var\/www\/html\/xmb<\/p>\n
Next, give proper permission to the XMB directory:<\/p>\n
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/xmb
sudo chmod -R 777 \/var\/www\/html\/xmb<\/p>\nConfigure Database<\/h2>\n
By default, MariaDb is not secured, you can secured it by running the mysql_secure_installation script:<\/p>\n
sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/p>\n
This script will set a root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and remove the test database and access to secure MariaDB as shown below:<\/p>\n
Set root password? [Y\/n] y \nRemove anonymous users? [Y\/n] y \nDisallow root login remotely? [Y\/n] y \nRemove test database and access to it? [Y\/n] y \nReload privilege tables now? [Y\/n] y \n<\/pre>\n
Once the MariaDB is secured, log in to MariaDB shell with the following command:<\/p>\n
mysql -u root -p<\/p>\n
Enter your root password, then create a database and user for XMB with the following command:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]> SET GLOBAL sql_mode=”;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE xmbdb;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER xmb;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON xmbdb.* TO ‘xmb’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’ WITH GRANT OPTION;<\/p>\nNext, flush the privileges:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/p>\n
Finally, exit from the MariaDB shell:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]>exit<\/p>\n
Configure Apache for XMB<\/h2>\n
Next, you will need to create an Apache virtual host directive for XMB. You can do this by creating xmb.conf file:<\/p>\n
sudo nano \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enable\/xmb.conf<\/p>\n
Add the following lines:<\/p>\n
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin [email\u00a0protected]<\/a> DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/xmb ServerName example.com <Directory \/var\/www\/html\/xmb\/> \nOptions Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews \nAllowOverride All \nOrder allow,deny \nallow from all <\/Directory> ErrorLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/xmb-error_log CustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/xmb-access_log common \n<\/VirtualHost> \n<\/pre>\n
Save and close the file, when you are finished. Then enable XMB virtual host with the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo a2ensite xmb<\/p>\n
Finally, restart Apache web server to apply all the changes:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/p>\n
Access XMB Forum Installer<\/h2>\n
Now, open your web browser and type the URL http:\/\/example.com\/files\/install\/<\/strong>, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"XMB](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow, click on the Start Installation<\/strong> button to start the installation, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Version](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-1.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, choose the latest XMB version and click on the Install XMB<\/strong> button, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Accept](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-2.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, accept the License agreement and click on the I Agree to These Terms<\/strong> button, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"XMP](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-3.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-4.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-5.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, provide all the required information like, Database name, Database username, Database type, SMTP username and password, then click on the Configure<\/strong> button, you should see the PHP code to your screen, copy this code to config.php file and upload this file to the \/var\/www\/html\/xmb\/files\/ directory. Then click on the Next<\/strong> button, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Create](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-6.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, provide Admin username and password, then click on the Begin Installation<\/strong> button, Once the installation is completed, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Begin](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-7.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow, click on Please click here to go to your forum<\/strong> button, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"XMB](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-8.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nNow, click on Login<\/strong> button, you should see the XMB forum login page as below:<\/p>\n
![\"XMB](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-9.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"XMB](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/how-to-install-xmb-forum-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-10.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n