Franske ITC-2480 Lab 6

Introduction

In this lab you will try installing typical website software on your server including a forum and blog software.

These same instructions apply if you are completing this lab using the VirtualBox virtual machine software or if you are connected to a machine running remotely on the VMware platform. If you are completing this on campus remember to switch your network connection to the SafeConnect-free ITCnet.

Lab Procedure

Prerequisites

1. Open an SSH console to your Linux system using the PuTTY software, login with your standard user account
2. Use FileZilla to transfer files to your system using SCP/SFTP if needed

Install Wordpress

1. Download the latest stable version of the Wordpress blogging software
2. Try following the official installation documentation to install the software. Your goal is to install the software in the /blog/ directory of your webserver so that you can visit your blog by going to http://example.com/blog/ where example.com is your IP address (we don't have DNS setup)
   • HINT: You can use either the mysql command line client or the Webmin interface to do the database setup
3. Once the software is installed make sure that you can successfully log in to the Wordpress web interface and add a few blog posts

Install MyBB

1. Download and install the latest stable version of the MyBB forum software following the instructions in their documentation. Your goal is to install the software in the /forum/ directory of your webserver so that you can visit your forum by going to http://example.com/forum/ where example.com is your IP address (we don't have DNS setup)
2. Make sure that you can create forums, users, and posts once you have installed the software.