How to Install Revive Adserver on NixOS Latest

Revive Adserver is a popular open-source ad server that enables publishers and advertisers to serve and manage ads on their websites. If you're looking to install Revive Adserver on NixOS, this tutorial will walk you through the process step-by-step:

Prerequisites

  • You must have administrative access to the NixOS system that you want to install Revive Adserver on.
  • You should have basic knowledge of the Linux command-line interface (CLI).

Steps

  1. Open a terminal window on your NixOS system, and log in as the system administrator.

  2. Run the following command to update the package repositories:

nix-shell -p nixos-rebuild -p wget --run "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade && sudo nix-channel --update"

  1. Install the required packages for running Revive Adserver using the command:

nix-env -i mariadb php nginx

  1. Next, we need to create a MySQL database for Revive Adserver. Run the following commands to do so:

sudo systemctl start mariadb

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

When you run the second command, it will prompt you to set the password for the root user. Once you have set the password, follow the on-screen prompts to secure your installation.

  1. Now, download the latest version of Revive Adserver from their website using the following command:

wget https://download.revive-adserver.com/revive-adserver-5.0.5.tar.gz

  1. Extract the downloaded package using the following command:

tar -zxvf revive-adserver-5.0.5.tar.gz

  1. Move the extracted folder to the desired location for installation, for example:

sudo mv revive-adserver-5.0.5 /var/www/revive-adserver

  1. Change the ownership of the revive-adserver directory to the system's webserver user:

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/revive-adserver

  1. Next, we need to create a virtual host configuration file for Nginx. Run the following command to create a new file:

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

  1. In the newly-created file, paste the following contents:
server {
        listen 80;
        server_name example.com; #Replace with your domain name
        root /var/www/revive-adserver/www;
        index index.php;
        
        error_log /var/log/nginx/revive.error.log;
        access_log /var/log/nginx/revive.access.log;
        
        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
        }
        location ~ \.php$ {
                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        }
}

  1. Save the file and exit the editor.

  2. Now, reload Nginx to apply the new configuration:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

  1. Finally, configure Revive Adserver by accessing the URL of your installation in a web browser. For example, if you installed Revive Adserver on example.com, go to http://example.com/www/admin/install.php and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

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