How to Install Revive Adserver on EndeavourOS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing Revive Adserver on EndeavourOS Latest. Revive Adserver is a free, open-source ad serving software that enables website owners, publishers, and advertisers to manage their ad campaigns easily.

Requirements

Before installing Revive Adserver, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

  • EndeavourOS Latest
  • Web server (Apache or Nginx)
  • PHP version 7.2 or higher
  • MySQL or MariaDB database server

Installation

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, update the package list on EndeavourOS by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Next, install the required packages for Revive Adserver by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache php-gd php-imap php-intl php-mbstring php-pecl-imagick php-pecl-memcache php-xml phpmyadmin git

Step 2: Configure the Database

After installing the packages, it's time to set up the database. To configure the database, log in to the MySQL shell as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root

Create a new database and user for Revive Adserver:

CREATE DATABASE revive_db;
CREATE USER 'revive_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'revive_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON revive_db.* TO 'revive_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 3: Download and Install Revive Adserver

To download and install Revive Adserver, navigate to the /var/www/html/ directory:

cd /var/www/html/

Clone the Revive Adserver repository from GitHub:

sudo git clone https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver.git

Change the ownership of the Revive Adserver directory to the web server user (either apache or nginx):

sudo chown -R apache:apache revive-adserver/

Step 4: Configure Apache

Next, configure Apache to serve the Revive Adserver web page. To do this, create a new virtual host configuration file for Revive Adserver:

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

Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/revive-adserver/www"
    ServerName your_domain.com
    ServerAlias www.your_domain.com
    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/revive_error.log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/revive_access.log" combined

    <Directory "/var/www/html/revive-adserver/www">
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file, and then restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Finally, complete the installation by visiting http://your_domain.com/install.php in your web browser.

Follow the instructions on the screen to install and configure Revive Adserver. When prompted for database credentials, enter the database name, username, and password that you created in step 2.

Once installation is complete, delete the install.php file and you are ready to start using Revive Adserver. 

sudo rm /var/www/html/revive-adserver/www/install.php

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Revive Adserver on EndeavourOS Latest.