How to Setup Elastic Jamroom with Nginx on Ubuntu Linux

This article describes the steps to install and use the Elastic Jamroom social network app on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx.

Jamroom is a scalable, open-source social networking software built on the LAMP or LEMP stack. Whether you want to create a personal or business social network site to allow users to share and gather around the same interests, Jamroom will help you build a robust platform that works on every device.

Setting up Elastic Jamroom with Nginx on Ubuntu Linux allows you to create a scalable and open-source social networking website. Elastic Jamroom is built on the LAMP or LEMP stack and is an excellent platform for making personal or business social network sites.

Nginx is the most popular web server in use, and installing it is necessary for Jamroom to function. Ubuntu Linux is a great operating system for hosting web applications and allows easy installation of the required packages.

Setting up Elastic Jamroom with Nginx on Ubuntu Linux is a great way to create a robust and scalable social networking site that works on every device.

For more on Jamroom, please visit its home page.

How to install Elastic Jamroom social media apps on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx

As described above, Jamroom is a scalable, open-source social networking software built on the LAMP or LEMP stack. 

Below is how to install it on Ubuntu Linux.

Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. Install it since Jamroom needs it.

To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start, and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots.

sudo systemctl stop nginx.service
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service

To test the Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address. You should see the Nginx default test page, as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.

http://localhost

Install MariaDB Database Server

MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers for Magento. To install MariaDB, run the commands below.

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

After installing MariaDB, the commands below can stop, start, and enable the service to start when the server boots.

Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

sudo systemctl stop mysql.service
sudo systemctl start mysql.service
sudo systemctl enable mysql.service

Run these on Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS

sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

• Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press the Enter
• Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
• New password: Enter password
• Re-enter new password: Repeat password
• Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
• Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
• Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y
• Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

Restart MariaDB server

Type the commands below to log into the MariaDB server to test if MariaDB is installed.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then, type the password you created above to sign on. If successful, you should see a MariaDB welcome message.

Install PHP 7.2-FPM and Related Modules

PHP 7.1 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. To install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories.

Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM

sudo apt update

Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2-FPM and related modules.

sudo apt install php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-sqlite php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip

After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open Nginx’s PHP default config file.

sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini

Then, save the changes on the following lines below in the file. The value below is an ideal setting to apply in your environment.

file_uploads = On
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 100M
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0
max_execution_time = 360
date.timezone = America/Chicago

After making the change above, please save the file and close it.

After installing PHP and related modules, you must restart Nginx to reload PHP configurations.

To restart Nginx, run the commands below

sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Create Jamroom Database

Once you’ve installed all the packages required for Jamroom to function, continue below to start configuring the servers.

First, run the commands below to create a blank Jamroom database.

To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then create a database called jam room.

CREATE DATABASE jamroom;

Create a database user called jamroomuser with a new password

CREATE USER 'jamroomuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';

Then, grant the user full access to the database.

GRANT ALL ON jamroom.* TO 'jamroomuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Finally, save your changes and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Download and Install Jamroom

Run the commands below to download Jamroom content.

cd /tmp && wget https://www.jamroom.net/networkmarket/core_download/jamroom-open-source.zip
unzip jamroom-open-source.zip
sudo mv jamroom-open-source /var/www/html/jamroom

Next, run the commands below to change the root folder permissions.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/jamroom/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/jamroom/

Configure Nginx Jamroom

Finally, configure the Nginx configuration file for Jamroom. This file will control how users access Jamroom content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called jamroom

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/jamroom

Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location.

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    root /var/www/html/jamroom;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    server_name  example.com www.example.com;

    client_max_body_size 100M;

    location @rewrite {
            rewrite ^(.*)$ /modules/jrCore/router.php?_uri=$1 last;
        }

    location / {
            autoindex on;
            index sitemap.xml /modules/jrCore/router.php;
            try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
        }

    location ~ \.php$ {
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_pass             unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Save the file and exit.

After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below.

Enable the Jamroom Site

After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Nginx server.

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/jamroom /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Then restart the Nginx web server.

sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Next, open your browser, go to the URL, and continue with the installation.

http://example.com/install.php

Type in the database connection info you created above and click Install Jamroom

Next, create an admin account to manage the Jamroom website.

Login and Enjoy!

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