How to Install MyBB CMS on Ubuntu 20.4.1

Start the apache by following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl start apache2

Install PHP modules by using the below commands:

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-sqlite3 php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.4.0-42 linux-headers-5.4.0-42-generic linux-headers-5.4.0-52 linux-headers-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic linux-image-5.4.0-52-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-52-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4 libc-client2007e libonig5 libzip5 mlock php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-gd
  php7.4-imap php7.4-json php7.4-ldap php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-opcache php7.4-readline php7.4-soap php7.4-sqlite3
  php7.4-xml php7.4-zip

Install mysql by using the below command:

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.4.0-42 linux-headers-5.4.0-42-generic linux-headers-5.4.0-52 linux-headers-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic linux-image-5.4.0-52-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-52-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libaio1 libcgi-fast-perl libcgi-pm-perl libevent-core-2.1-7 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 libfcgi-perl libhtml-template-perl
  libmecab2 mecab-ipadic mecab-ipadic-utf8 mecab-utils mysql-client-8.0 mysql-client-core-8.0 mysql-server-8.0
  mysql-server-core-8.0

Create database for Mybb CMS:

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 8
Server version: 8.0.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.3 (Ubuntu)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database mybb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> use mybb;
Database changed
mysql> create user 'mybbuser'@localhost identified by '123456';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)
mysql> grant all privileges on mybb.* to 'mybbuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit
Bye

Download Mybb cms by using the below command:

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1820.zip
--2020-12-02 12:16:58--  https://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1820.zip
Resolving resources.mybb.com (resources.mybb.com)... 104.24.30.89, 104.24.31.89, 172.67.67.178, ...
Connecting to resources.mybb.com (resources.mybb.com)|104.24.30.89|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2251084 (2.1M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘mybb_1820.zip’
mybb_1820.zip                    100%[=======================================================>]   2.15M   608KB/s    in 3.6s    
2020-12-02 12:17:02 (608 KB/s) - ‘mybb_1820.zip’ saved [2251084/2251084]

Extract the Zip file by using the below command:

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip mybb_1820.zip 
Archive:  mybb_1820.zip
   creating: Documentation/
  inflating: Documentation/credits.html  
   creating: Documentation/images/
  inflating: Documentation/images/logo.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_credits.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_install.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_license.png  
 extracting: Documentation/images/notice_upgrade.png  

Rename the directory:

root@linuxhelp:~# mv Upload /var/www/mybb

Give the Ownership and permissions to Mybb directory

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/mybb
root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/mybb

Create a virtualhost for Mybb CMS:

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/mybb.conf

Disable default access

root@linuxhelp:~# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Enable site access

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite mybb.conf
Enabling site mybb.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2