Installing DomainMOD on Linux Mint

DomainMOD is a free open-source web application for managing domains, hosted on Linux servers. It assists domain owners and web hosting companies in keeping track of all of their domains under one roof.

This tutorial will guide you on how to install DomainMOD on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

• A Linux Mint system with sudo privileges
• A web server installed to host DomainMOD
• PHP version 7.2 or higher installed on your system

Step 1: Install or update web server

Before you can install DomainMOD, you must have a web server up and running, such as Apache or Nginx. If you don't have any web server installed, you can install Apache using the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

Next, start the Apache server using the command:

sudo systemctl start apache2

To ensure that the Apache server will start automatically at boot time, enter:

sudo systemctl enable apache2

If Apache is already installed on your system, you should update it to the latest version. To do that, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Install PHP

DomainMOD requires PHP version 7.2 or higher, and this can be installed on your system with the following command:

sudo apt-get install php

To check the PHP version installed, enter the command php -v.

Step 3: Install DomainMOD

The DomainMOD application can be downloaded from the project's website, and the latest release should be downloaded. This can be done by running the following command:

sudo wget https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod/archive/v4.14.0.tar.gz

Once it is downloaded, extract it using the command:

sudo tar -xf v4.14.0.tar.gz -C /var/www/html

You will need to change directories to the DomainMOD directory and install the vendor dependencies using Composer. If you have not yet installed Composer, follow the Composer installation guide on their website.

To install the vendor dependencies, run the following command:

cd /var/www/html/domainmod-4.14.0/
sudo composer install

Make sure you change the version numbers to match the version you downloaded.

Step 4: Configure Apache

After installing DomainMOD, configure Apache to serve the DomainMOD application. You can create a new virtual host file or edit the default Apache configuration file, and add the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/domainmod-4.14.0/public
  ServerName domainmod.example.com
  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

  <Directory "/var/www/html/domainmod-4.14.0/public">
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make sure you change the ServerAdmin and ServerName fields to match your domain details.

Save the file and restart Apache service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Access DomainMOD

After installing and configuring DomainMOD, you can access it by visiting the domain you specified in the Apache configuration file, such as http://domainmod.example.com. You can now log in with the default credentials:

• Email: admin@localhost
• Password: admin123

Upon your first login, you should change these credentials.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DomainMOD on your Linux Mint system.