How do I install Flarum on a server?
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Flarum runs on top of the LAMP stack. So the first step in getting it up and running on your server is to use the DigitalOcean LAMP One-Click application or to follow this tutorial:
We’ll also need Composer installed. You can get a lot more details about how to use Composer in this tutorial, but for now we’ll just quickly install it with:
- sudo apt-get install curl php5-cli git
- curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now we can install Flarum directly in Apache’s document root:
- cd /var/www/html
- composer create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta
- sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
We’ll also have to make some configuration changes to Apache. Enable URL rewriting by running:
- sudo a2enmod rewrite
Then we’ll need to add the following block inside of the Apache VritualHost located at `` It allows the .htaccess
file installed with Flarum to function:
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
Now we’ll restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
- sudo service apache2 restart
Next, we’ll need to create an new database and MySql user. Enter the MySql shell by running sudo mysql -uroot -p
Then run:
- CREATE DATABASE flarum;
- GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON flarum.* TO 'flarum'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
- FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
You can now visit the IP address of your server in a web browser to finish the installation using the database details you just set up:
For full installation instructions, check out the Flarum documentation.
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