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by me [Proof] https://freedomain.club/showthread.php?tid=2502

hi guys today i will show you how to host Smf on Debian7 and unbuntu
first of all you will need to install LAMP if you dont have already on your vps so first i will show you how to install LAMP if you dont have
Before we start the process we should check the repositories are up to date or not

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apt-get update

when this command process completed then start installing Lamp
Step 1 - Install apache
open your vps terminal and type this cmd

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apt-get install apache2

Thats it, now check your apache is installed correctly or not open your browser and type your vps ip and its should display Its works

Step 2 Install mysql
For installing mysql open your vps terminal and type the following commands

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apt-get install mysql-server

During the installation, MySQL will ask you to set a root password give your password and hit enter.
finishing up by runing mysql setup script

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mysql-secure_installation

The prompt will ask you for your current root password.
type it in.
"Enter current password for root (enter for none): 
OK, successfully used password, moving on..."
the prompt will ask you if you want to change password go ahead and type No
its easiest just to say yes for all questions its looks like this
"By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MySQL without having to have a user account created for
them.  This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother.  You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.

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Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y                                            
... Success!

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'.  This
ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
... Success!

By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can
access.  This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
- Dropping test database...
... Success!
- Removing privileges on test database...
... Success!

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
... Success!

Cleaning up..."
once you done from here then we can move to our next step of installing PHP

Step Three—Install PHP
Open terminal and type the following command

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apt-get install php5 php-pear php5-mysql

after you answer yes double time the php will install it self
finishing up by installing php

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service apache2 restart

Congrats your LAMP is now installed.

checking result of php
Well Lamp installed now we will create a small php info page
to setup this first create a new file

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nano /var/www/info.php

add the following line in it

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<?php
phpinfo();
?>"

then save it and exit you can save it by pressing Ctrl+O

at last now we will move to install smf on vps
we should also install send mail as it will also send password reset link to forum users
for installing this type the following command in terminal

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apt-get -y install sendmail

Step 2 Create a Database
we will now make SMF database and SMF user with password "password" dont forget to change it in your own value

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mysqladmin create SMF

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mysql -Bse "create user 'SMF'@'localhost' identified by 'PassWord';

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mysql -Bse "grant all privileges on \`SMF\`.* to 'SMF'@'localhost';"

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mysqladmin flush-privileges"[code]

Install simple machine forum
we will download latest smf version which 2.0.11 in now days
open your terminal and type the following commands
[code]"rm -rf /var/www/*

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cd /var/www

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wget http://mirror.ord.simplemachines.org/downloads/smf_2-0-11_install.tar.gz

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tar xvfz smf_2-0-11_install.tar.gz

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rm -rf smf_2-0-11_install.tar.gz"

Set Correct Directory And File Permissions
open terminal and type the following commands

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"cd /var/www

for dirs in attachments avatars cache Packages Packages/installed.list Smileys Themes agreement.txt Settings.php Settings_bak.php; do

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chmod 777 $dirs; done"

now you are done from give your ip adress in your browser like this myipadress/install.php
now you will smf configuration page and fill it with correct details
for database details enter the following details except your password which you changed

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"Server name: localhost
Username: SMF
Password: PassWord
Database name: SMF
Table prefix: smf_"

now when you finish smf configuration then dont forget to delete your install.php by typing the following command

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"rm -rf /var/www/install.php

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[YOuNeS_Dz]

nice tut dude..
i'll test it soon(i need vps to do that :c)