How to Install IndieAuth on MXLinux Latest

Introduction

IndieAuth is a tool that enables users to use their personal website or blog as their online identity, rather than relying on accounts from centralized social media platforms. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing IndieAuth on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, there are a few prerequisites that you need to have:

• A MXLinux Latest system
• Root access or sudo privileges on the system
• A domain name and a website or blog hosted on the domain

Step 1: Install Apache Web Server

IndieAuth requires a web server to be installed on the system. We will use Apache as our web server.

Open a terminal window and run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 -y

Once the installation is complete, start the Apache service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start apache2

To check if Apache is running, you can open a web browser and type localhost in the address bar. You should see the Apache2 Debian Default Page.

Step 2: Install PHP

IndieAuth requires PHP to be installed on the system. We will install PHP 7.4.

Run the following command to install PHP and its dependencies:

sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.4 -y

Once the installation is complete, restart the Apache service using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 3: Install IndieAuth

To install IndieAuth, we will use Composer, a dependency manager for PHP.

Run the following command to download and install Composer:

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

Move the composer.phar file to the /usr/local/bin directory with the following command:

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Run the following command to install IndieAuth:

sudo composer global require indieauth/indieauth

Step 4: Configure Apache

We need to configure Apache to serve IndieAuth.

Create a new Apache configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/indieauth.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

Alias /indieauth /root/.composer/vendor/indieauth/indieauth/public
<Directory /root/.composer/vendor/indieauth/indieauth/public>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and close the file.

Enable the new configuration file with the following command:

sudo a2enconf indieauth

Restart the Apache service with the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Test IndieAuth

Open a web browser and type the URL http://yourdomain.com/indieauth in the address bar. You should see the IndieAuth login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed IndieAuth on your MXLinux Latest system. You can now use your personal website or blog as your online identity.