Now, switch to your newly created user with su<\/code> command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

su - johndoe<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
NOTE:<\/strong> Replace johndoe<\/code> with your username.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set up the timezone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo tzsetup<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install PHP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Install PHP and PHP extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo pkg install -y php72 php72-mbstring php72-curl php72-gd php72-pdo php72-mysqli php72-pdo_mysql php72-json php72-openssl php72-ctype php72-dom php72-hash php72-iconv php72-tokenizer php72-calendar php72-fileinfo php72-session php72-simplexml php72-xml php72-filter<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Check the version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php --version\n# PHP 7.2.14 (cli) (built: Jan 15 2019 01:14:39) ( NTS )\n# Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group\n# Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Soft-link php.ini-production<\/code> to php.ini<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo ln -s \/usr\/local\/etc\/php.ini-production \/usr\/local\/etc\/php.ini<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Check installed PHP extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php -m\n# mbstring\n# curl\n# gd\n# PDO\n# mysqli\n# openssl\n# . . .<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Enable and start PHP-FPM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo sysrc php_fpm_enable=yes\nsudo service php-fpm start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install MariaDB<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Install MariaDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo pkg install -y mariadb102-client mariadb102-server<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Check the version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mysql --version\n# mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.2.19-MariaDB, for FreeBSD12.0 (amd64) using readline 5.1<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Start and enable MariaDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo sysrc mysql_enable=\"yes\" \nsudo service mysql-server start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Run the mysql_secure_installation<\/code> script to improve the security of your installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Log into MariaDB as the root user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mysql -u root -p\n# Enter password:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Create a new database and user. Remember the credentials for this new user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CREATE DATABASE dbname;\nGRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nexit;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install Nginx<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Install Nginx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo pkg install -y nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Check the version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nginx -v\n# nginx version: nginx\/1.14.2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Enable and start Nginx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo sysrc nginx_enable=yes\nsudo service nginx start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Configure Nginx for use with Vanilla forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo vim \/usr\/local\/etc\/nginx\/vanilla.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Populate the file with the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
server {\n\n  listen 80;\n  server_name example.com;\n  root \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla;\n  index index.php;\n\n  location ~* \/\\.git { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/build\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/cache\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/cgi-bin\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/uploads\/import\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/conf\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/tests\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n  location \/vendor\/ { deny all; return 403; }\n\n  location ~* ^\/index\\.php(\/|$) {\n    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;\n    try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;\n    set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;\n    fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;\n    fastcgi_index index.php;\n    include fastcgi_params;\n    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME \/index.php;\n    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root\/index.php;\n    fastcgi_param X_REWRITE 1;\n    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;\n  }\n\n  location ~* \\.php(\/|$) {\n    rewrite ^ \/index.php$uri last;\n  }\n  \n  location \/ {\n    try_files $uri $uri\/ @vanilla;\n  }\n\n  location @vanilla {\n    rewrite ^ \/index.php$uri last;\n  }\n\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Save the file and exit with COLON<\/kbd>+W<\/kbd>+Q<\/kbd>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now we need to include the vanilla.conf<\/code> file in the main nginx.conf<\/code> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Run sudo vim \/usr\/local\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf<\/code> and add the following line to the http {}<\/code> block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
include vanilla.conf;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Test the configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo nginx -t<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Reload Nginx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo service nginx reload<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install Vanilla forum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Create a document root directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo mkdir -p \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Change ownership of the \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla<\/code> directory to johndoe<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Navigate to the document root directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Download the\u00a0latest Vanilla forum<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
wget https:\/\/open.vanillaforums.com\/get\/vanilla-core-2.6.4.zip<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Unzip it and remove the zip archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
unzip vanilla-core-2.6.4.zip\nrm vanilla-core-2.6.4.zip<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Change ownership of the \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla<\/code> directory to www<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chown -R www:www \/usr\/local\/www\/vanilla<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Restart PHP-FPM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo service php-fpm restart<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Navigate to the folder where you uploaded Vanilla in your web browser and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[230,245,587],"manual_kb_tag":[615,616,647,649,655,656,664],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/3850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/3850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/3850\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}