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April 16, 2019April 23, 2019

How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web application framework, created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern. It is a pretty new framework, but with a big potential to become one of the most popular PHP frameworks.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Laravel on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver server.

Install Laravel on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver

Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) server.

A Ubuntu 18.04 LAMP server is required. If you do not have LAMP installed, you can follow our guide here. Also install all required PHP modules:

apt-get install php7.1-cli php7.1-gd php7.1-opcache php7.1-mysql php7.1-json php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-xml php7.1-curl

Step 3. Install Composer.

Install Composer which is the tool for dependency management in PHP:

1	`curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer \| sudo php`

In this tutorial we will put the composer in our /usr/local/bin/ directory. We will also rename the composer name from composer.phar to composer. To do that type the following command:

1	`mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer`

Give execute permission to the composer:

1	`chmod` `+x /usr/local/bin/composer`

Step 4. Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Download latest version of Laravel, Use below command to clone master repo of laravel from github, At the moment of writing this article it is version 5:

cd /var/www
git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git

After than move to the laravel code directory and use composer to install all dependencies required for Laravel framework:

cd /var/www/laravel
composer install

This will take a while according to the network speed. After than set proper permissions on files:

chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/laravel
chmod -R 755 /var/www/laravel
chmod -R 777 /var/www/laravel/app/storage

Now set the 32 bit long random number encrypption key, which used by the Illuminate encrypter service:

### php artisan key:generate
 
Application key [Lf54qKbi3mwe463qR4NtYywgf9JdRGramona9qI] set successfully

Now edit config/app.php configuration file and update above generated application key as followings. Also make sure cipher is set properly:

y' => env('APP_KEY', 'Lf54qKbi3mwe463qR4NtYywgf9JdRGramona9qI'),
 
'cipher' => 'AES-256-CBC',

Step 5. Configuring Apache web server for Laravel.

Create a new virtual host directive in Apache. For example, create a new Apache configuration file named ‘laravel.conf’ on your virtual server:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2ensite laravel.conf
touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf
ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/laravel.conf
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf

Add the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/laravel/public
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
<Directory /var/www/laravel/public/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Now, we can restart Apache web server so that the changes take place:

1	`systemctl restart apache2.service`

Step 6. Accessing Laravel.

Laravel will be available on HTTP port 80 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com or http://server-ip and complete the required the steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Laravel. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Laravel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Laravel web site.

April 15, 2019April 23, 2019

How To Install Attendize on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Attendize is an open-source event ticketing and event management application built using the Laravel PHP framework. Attendize was created to offer event organizers a easy solution to managing general admission occasions, without paying exorbitant support charges.

Install Attendize on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) server.

A Ubuntu 16.04 LAMP server is required. If you do not have LAMP installed, you can follow our guide here. Also install all required PHP modules:

apt-get install php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd

Step 3. Configuring MariaDB.

By default, MariaDB is not hardened. You can secure MySQL using the mysql_secure_installation script. you should read and below each steps carefully which will set root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and remove the test database and access to secure MariaDB.

1	`mysql_secure_installation`

Next we will need to log in to the MariaDB console and create a database for the Attendize. Run the following command:

1	`mysql -u root -p`

This will prompt you for a password, so enter your MariaDB root password and hit Enter. Once you are logged in to your database server you need to create a database for Attendize installation:

MariaDB [(none)]&amp;gt; CREATE DATABASE attendize;
MariaDB [(none)]&amp;gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON attendize.* TO 'attendize'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';
MariaDB [(none)]&amp;gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]&amp;gt; \q

Step 4. Installing Composer.

Composer will pull in all the required libraries and dependencies you need for your project:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Step 5. Installing Attendize.

First, clone the Attendize repository from Github:

1	`git` `clone` `https://github.com/attendize/attendize /var/www/myAttendize.com`

Switch to the /var/www/myAttendize.com directory and set the .env variables:

cd /var/www/myAttendize.com
cp .env.example .env
nano .env

DB_TYPE=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=attendize
DB_USERNAME=attendize
DB_PASSWORD=strongpassword

Next, Install all of the application dependencies:

1	`composer install`

Step 6. Configure database.

Once Composer has downloaded the components run the install command to migrate the database and create an admin user:

1	`php artisan attendize:install`

--------------------
Attempting to install Attendize v1.0.0
--------------------
Generating app key
Migrating database.
Database successfully migrated.
Seeding DB data
Data successfully seeded
--------------------
Please create an admin user.
--------------------
 
 Enter first name::
 &amp;gt; Rezkia
 
 Enter last name::
 &amp;gt; Ulva
 Enter your email::
 &amp;gt; bee@myAttendize.com
 
 Enter a password::
 &amp;gt;
 
Admin User Successfully Created
 
          _   _                 _ _
     /\  | | | |               | (_)
    /  \ | |_| |_ ___ _ __   __| |_ _______
   / /\ \| __| __/ _ \ '_ \ / _` | |_  / _ \
  / ____ \ |_| ||  __/ | | | (_| | |/ /  __/
 /_/    \_\__|\__\___|_| |_|\__,_|_/___\___|
 
Success! You can now run Attendize

We will need to change some folders permissions:

1	`chown` `-R www-data: /var/www/myAttendize.com`

Step 7. Configuring Apache web server for attendize.

Create a new virtual host directive in Apache. For example, create a new Apache configuration file named ‘attendize.conf’ on your virtual server:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/attendize.conf
ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/attendize.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/attendize.conf
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/attendize.conf

Add the following lines:

&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/myAttendize.com
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
&amp;lt;Directory /var/www/myAttendize.com/&amp;gt;
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
&amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-access_log common
&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;

Now, we can restart Apache web server so that the changes take place:

1	`systemctl restart apache2.service`

Step 6. Accessing Attendize.

Attendize content management system will be available on HTTP port 80 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/ or http://server-ip and complete the required the steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Attendize. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Attendize open source ticket selling and event management platform on your Ubuntu 16.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Attendize web site.

April 3, 2019April 24, 2019

How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 16.04

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Laravel on a Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) server.

Install Laravel on Ubuntu 16.04

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) server.

A Ubuntu 16.04 LAMP server is required. If you do not have LAMP installed, you can follow our guide here. Also install all required PHP modules:

apt-get install imagemagick php7.0-intl php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql php7.0-mcrypt

Step 3. Install Composer.

Install Composer which is the tool for dependency management in PHP:

1	`curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer \| sudo php`

In this tutorial we will put the composer in our /usr/local/bin/ directory. We will also rename the composer name from composer.phar to composer. To do that type the following command:

1	`mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer`

Give execute permission to the composer:

1	`chmod` `+x /usr/local/bin/composer`

Step 4. Installing Laravel.

Download latest version of Laravel, Use below command to clone master repo of laravel from github, At the moment of writing this article it is version 5:

cd /var/www
git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git

After than move to the laravel code directory and use composer to install all dependencies required for Laravel framework:

cd /var/www/laravel
composer install

This will take a while according to the network speed. After than set proper permissions on files:

chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/laravel
chmod -R 755 /var/www/laravel
chmod -R 777 /var/www/laravel/app/storage

Now set the 32 bit long random number encrypption key, which used by the Illuminate encrypter service:

### php artisan key:generate
 
Application key [Lf54qKbi3mwe463qR4NtYywgf9JdRGDTN0oV9qI] set successfully

Now edit config/app.php configuration file and update above generated application key as followings. Also make sure cipher is set properly:

y' =&amp;gt; env('APP_KEY', 'Lf54qKbi3mwe463qR4NtYywgf9JdRGDTN0oV9qI'),
 
'cipher' =&amp;gt; 'AES-256-CBC',

Step 5. Configuring Apache web server for Laravel.

Create a new virtual host directive in Apache. For example, create a new Apache configuration file named ‘laravel.conf’ on your virtual server:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2ensite laravel.conf
touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf
ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/laravel.conf
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf

Add the following lines:

ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/laravel/public
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
 
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
 
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-access_log common

Now, we can restart Apache web server so that the changes take place:

1	`systemctl restart apache2.service`

Step 6. Accessing Laravel.

Laravel will be available on HTTP port 80 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com or http://server-ip and complete the required the steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Laravel. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Laravel in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Laravel web sit e.