Installation in Detail

Ubuntu 18.04

Initial Server Setup

SSH to Server as initial user

• ssh -i KEYNAME.pem [email protected]

setup new sudo user with password

• sudo adduser username
• sudo usermod -aG sudo username
• sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PasswordAuthentication yes
• sudo systemctl restart sshd
• Login as the new user

Apache2 Setup

Install Apache

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install apache2 and go to your server root to see if it worked

Install Let's Encrypt

Make sure htaccess files will work

• sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/YOURCONFIG-le-ssl.conf
• add the following block <Directory /var/www/YOURPATH/> AllowOverride All </Directory>
• sudo apache2ctl configtest
• sudo systemctl restart apache2

MySQL (You can also use MariaDB)

Install

• sudo apt install mysql-server
• sudo mysql_secure_installation NOTE: the VALIDATE PASSWORD PLUGIN can cause issues. Use with caution if at all.

Create the MySQL table and user

• mysql -u root -p
• CREATE DATABASE csb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
• GRANT ALL ON csb.* TO 'csbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Install PHP

• sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Install PEAR

• sudo apt-get install php-pear
• sudo pear install mail
• sudo pear install Net_SMTP
• sudo pear install Auth_SASL
• sudo pear install mail_mime

Install SASS (Development Only)

see SASS

• sudo apt install nodejs
• sudo apt install npm
• sudo npm install -g sass

Launch installer

• go to where you want to install CSB, example cd /var/www/html
• sudo git clone https://github.com/CosmoQuestX/CSB7.0.git
• Make the software owned by apache sudo chown -R www-data CSB7.0
• go to https://YOURDOMAIN/CSB7.0/csb-installer/ and follow instructions