Flarum - A Clean, Elegant, Highly Customizable Forum

Introduction:

Flarum is an elegant and clean forum, built with PHP. It features a beautiful responsive layout, and its interface is constructed using Mithril. It boasts high customizability and extensibility.

Deployment Method:

Step 1: Install Apache, PHP, and MySQL

Update the software package list:

sudo apt update

Install Apache:

sudo apt install apache2

Install PHP and the required PHP extensions:

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-dom php-gd php-json php-mbstring php-zip php-fileinfo php-xml php-bcmath

Install MySQL:

sudo apt install mysql-server

Step 2: Configure MySQL

Create a new database and user for Flarum.

First, log into MySQL:

sudo mysql

In the MySQL shell, create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE flarum;

Create a new user and grant this user all the privileges on the new database:

CREATE USER 'flarumuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON flarum.* TO 'flarumuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 3: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency management tool for PHP. Flarum needs it to install and manage its dependencies. First, download Composer:

cd ~
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php

Then, install Composer:

sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Step 4: Install Flarum

Create a new directory for Flarum installation (e.g., /var/www/flarum) and then use Composer to install Flarum:

mkdir /var/www/flarum
cd /var/www/flarum
composer create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta

Step 5: Configure Apache

Enable Apache's mod_rewrite module:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Create a new configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/flarum.conf

Create a new Apache configuration file (e.g., /etc/apache2/sites-available/flarum.conf) and add the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your_domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/flarum/public

    <Directory /var/www/flarum/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Activate the new configuration file and restart Apache:

sudo a2ensite flarum
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 6: Modify Folder Permissions

Finally, ensure that the web server user (usually www-data) has the right to access Flarum's files and directories:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/flarum
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/flarum

Relevant Links:

Official Website: https://flarum.org.cn
GitHub Address: https://github.com/flarum/framework