How to Install Mibew on Clear Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Mibew on Clear Linux Latest. Mibew is an open-source, web-based live chat software that enables you to provide real-time support to your visitors.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

A server running Clear Linux Latest
A user with sudo privileges
A web server (Apache or Nginx) already installed and configured on your server

Step 1: Install PHP

Mibew requires PHP to run. Clear Linux Latest comes with PHP pre-installed, but you need to install some additional PHP modules that Mibew requires.

To install the required PHP modules, run the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic php-cgi php-mysqli php-mbstring php-opcache php-fpm

Step 2: Install Mibew

Download Mibew:

wget https://mibew.org/download.php?type=zip -O mibew.zip

Extract the downloaded file:
```
unzip mibew.zip
```
Move the extracted files to your web server's document root directory:
```
sudo mv mibew /var/www/html
```
Change the ownership of the Mibew directory to the web server user:
```
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mibew
```

Step 3: Configure Mibew

Create a new MySQL database and database user for Mibew. Replace newdb and mibewuser with your preferred names:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE newdb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newdb.* TO "mibewuser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "password";
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT

Navigate to the Mibew directory and copy the configuration file:

cd /var/www/html/mibew/config
cp config.yml.default config.yml

Edit the config.yml file with your database connection details:
```
nano config.yml
```
Update the following lines with your database credentials:
```
database:
   host: localhost
   dbname: newdb
   user: mibewuser
   password: password
```
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X and then Y.

Navigate to the plugins directory and enable the database plugin:

cd /var/www/html/mibew/plugins
php ../console.php plugin:enable Database

Step 4: Complete the Mibew installation

Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_domain/mibew/install.php.
Follow the prompts to complete the installation process.
Once the installation is complete, delete the install.php file:
```
sudo rm /var/www/html/mibew/install.php
```

Step 5: Configure your web server

If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/mibew.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mibew
    ServerName your_domain.com
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/mibew_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/mibew_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

If you are using Nginx, create a new server block configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/mibew.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_domain.com;
    root /var/www/html/mibew;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/mibew_access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/mibew_error.log;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X and then Y.

Restart your web server:

sudo systemctl restart httpd
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Mibew on Clear Linux Latest. You can now start using Mibew to provide real-time support to your website visitors.