Installing phpList on Fedora CoreOS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing phpList on Fedora CoreOS Latest. phpList is an open source email marketing software that allows you to easily send newsletters, campaigns, and other communications to your subscribers.

Prerequisites

Before installing phpList, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A Fedora CoreOS Latest server with root access
• LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, and PHP) installed and configured on your server
• A domain name or subdomain pointing to your server's IP address

Step 1: Download phpList

Go to the phpList website (https://www.phplist.com/) and download the latest version of the software. You can download the package as a zip file or as a tarball. Once downloaded, extract the files to a directory on your server.

$ wget https://phplist.org/files/phplist-3.6.4.tgz
$ tar -xvzf phplist-3.6.4.tgz

Step 2: Configure MySQL

Next, you need to create a new database and user for phpList in MySQL. Log in to MySQL using the command:

$ mysql -u root -p

Create a new user and database for phpList:

CREATE DATABASE phplist;
CREATE USER 'phplistuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phplist.* TO 'phplistuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace phplistuser and password with your own desired username and password.

Step 3: Configure Apache

Now you need to configure Apache to serve phpList. Create a new virtual host configuration file by running the following command:

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/phplist.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/phplist/public_html

    <Directory /var/www/html/phplist/public_html>
        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/phplist-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/phplist-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace yourdomain.com with your own domain or subdomain. Save and close the file.

Restart Apache to load the new configuration:

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 4: Install phpList

Navigate to the directory where you extracted phpList in Step 1:

$ cd phplist-3.6.4

Copy the config file and edit it to match your MySQL configuration:

$ cp config/config_extended.php config/config.php
$ nano config/config.php

Scroll down to the database settings section and enter your MySQL database information as follows:

define('DATABASE_NAME', 'phplist');
define('DATABASE_USER', 'phplistuser');
define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DATABASE_TYPE', 'mysqli');

Replace phplistuser and password with your own MySQL username and password.

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Finish Installation

Open your web browser and navigate to your domain or subdomain. You should see the phpList installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

After installation, set the permissions of the lists directory to allow phpList to write files:

$ sudo chmod 775 /var/www/html/phplist/lists

Conclusion

You have successfully installed phpList on your Fedora CoreOS Latest server. Now you can use phpList to send newsletters, campaigns, and other communications to your subscribers. Happy emailing!