November 23rd 2016

Today we will show you how to Install Esyndicat on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS using Apache web-server and MySQL database.

eSyndiCat is a PHP application for building rich web directories & more. eSyndiCat is a full-featured PHP directory software that can be used as an addition to your existing site or as a stand-alone platform. Using eSyndiCat Directory Software your website can achieve top rank and take the leading positions in the most popular search engines! eSyndiCat is a professional, affordable PHP directory software. With a large and highly customizable set of key features coupled with a standards compliant interface, eSyndiCat Directory Software has been chosen by thousands of webmasters all over the world. It is fairly easy to install eSyndiCat on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. The installation process should take about 5-10 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below.

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At the time of writing this tutorial, eSyndiCat 1.8 is the latest stable version available and it requires:

Apache web server;
PHP (version 5.2. or higher);
MySQL(version 4.1 or higher) installed on your Linux VPS;

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

ssh user@vps_IP

Update the system

[user]$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Install MariaDB 10.0

To install MariaDB, run the following command:

[user]$ sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server

Next, we need to create a database for our SyndiCat installation.

[user]$ mysql -u root -p

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE esyndicat;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON esyndicat.* TO 'esyndicatuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> \q

Do not forget to replace ‘your-password’ with a strong password.

Install Apache2 web server

[user]$ sudo apt-get install apache2

Install PHP and required PHP modules

To install the latest stable version of PHP version 5 and all necessary modules, run:

[user]$ sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-gd php5-curl

Download and extract the latest version of eSyndiCat on your server:

[user]$ sudo cd /opt && wget wget http://bit.ly/1JhiRQV
[user]$ sudo mv 1JhiRQV esyndicat.zip
[user]$ sudo unzip esyndicat.zip
[user]$ sudo mv Esyndicat/ /var/www/html/esyndicat

All files have to be readable by the web server, so we need to set a proper ownership

[user]$ sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/esyndicat/

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

[user]$ sudo touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/esyndicat.conf
[user]$ sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/esyndicat.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/esyndicat.conf
[user]$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/esyndicat.conf

Then, add the following lines:


ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/esyndicat/
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

Restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect:

[user]$ sudo service apache2 restart

Open your favorite web browser, navigate to http://your-domain.com/ and if you configured everything correctly the eSyndiCat installer should be starting. You should follow the easy instructions on the install screen inserting the necessary information as requested.

That is it. The eSyndiCat installation is now complete.

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