How to install Seopanel on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Seopanel on Ubuntu 18.04
Seo Panel is an open source multi-website search engine optimization (SEO) monitoring application. Anyone can easily develop and install required plugins for their SEO panel. It is a free software released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V2. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of SeoPanel CMS 4.6 on Ubuntu 18.04

Prerequisites
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0  php7.0-common  php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap  
php7.0-xml php7.0-intl  php7.0-cli  php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl

Installation

Download a SeoPanel package on terminal using the wget command

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/seopanel/Seopanel.v3/seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip
--2018-07-03 06:21:31--  https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/seopanel/Seopanel.v3/seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7175309 (6.8M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip’ 

seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip   100%[==============================> ]   6.84M   375KB/s    in 22s     

2018-07-03 06:21:53 (325 KB/s) - ‘ seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip’  saved [7175309/7175309]

After Downloading extract the downloaded package

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip
Archive:  seopanel.v.3.13.0.zip
   creating: seopanel/
  inflating: seopanel/moz.php        
  inflating: seopanel/keywords.php   
  inflating: seopanel/siteauditorcron.php  
  inflating: seopanel/users.php      
  inflating: seopanel/searchengine.php  
.
.
extracting: seopanel/images/blue_img7.gif  
  inflating: seopanel/images/blue_img3.gif  
  inflating: seopanel/images/close.png  
  inflating: seopanel/images/create.gif  
  inflating: seopanel/themes-manager.php  
  inflating: seopanel/README         
  inflating: seopanel/pagespeed.php  
  inflating: seopanel/captcha-test.php

Move the extracted file into the HTML directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv seopanel /var/www/

Navigate to the apache document root directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/

Change ownership and permission of the as SeoPanel CMS follows

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data seopanel
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 seopanel

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the SeoPanel CMS

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/seopanel.conf
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/seopanel/

< Directory /var/www/seopanel/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

Enable site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite seopanel.conf
Enabling site seopanel.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Disable default access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Enable rewrite module

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

Restart the apache service to make the changes effect

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2


Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://< ipaddress or domain name

Verify the compatibility for installing SeoPanel as shown below

Configure the Database setup as follows

After completing the configuration, you will see the Admin setup as shown below

You will see the SeoPanel dashboard

Access the Admin console by using the following options

With this, the method to install SeoPanel CMS 4.6 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

FAQ
Q
What is the “Save” button for in topic posting?
A
This allows you to save passages to be completed and submitted at a later date. To reload a saved passage, visit the User Control Panel.
Q
What are the Prerequisites in Seo panel on Linux mint?
A
They are,
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )
Q
What are all the features available in Seo panel?
A
Keyword Position Monitoring
Website SEO Auditor
Google and Alexa Rank Monitoring
Back-link Monitoring
Search Engine Saturation Monitoring
Daily Status Reports
Automatic Internet Directory Submission Tool
Q
What are locked topics Seopanel?
A
Locked topics are topics where users can no longer reply and any poll it contained was automatically ended. Topics may be locked for many reasons and were set this way by either the forum moderator or board administrator. You may also be able to lock your own topics depending on the permissions you are granted by the board administrator.
Q
Why can’t I login Seopanel?
A
There are several reasons why this could occur. First, ensure your username and password are correct. If they are, contact the board owner to make sure you haven’t been banned. It is also possible the website owner has a configuration error on their end, and they would need to fix it.