How To install XMB forum On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Nginx

 Video Tutorial -https://youtu.be/6sysjN2FpN0

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XMB forum also known as eXtreme Message Board is a free and open source forum software written in PHP and uses MySQL database backend. XMB is a simple, lightweight, easy to use, Powerful and highly customizable.
Offcial Website: https://www.xmbforum2.com/
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Os:Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver 64Bit   | IP address- 192.168.1.50 | Hostname :www.yourdomain.com
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lsb_release -cd ; hostname ; hostname -I ; whoami ; getconf LONG_BIT ; apt install -y build-essential software-properties-common curl gdebi net-tools wget sqlite3 dirmngr nano lsb-release apt-transport-https git

MariaDB Repositories:
apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8 ; add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://mirror.biznetgio.com/mariadb/repo/10.4/ubuntu bionic main'

Nginx Mariadb Php PHP Modules :
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
apt-get update ; apt install  -y nginx mariadb-server mariadb-client php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-fpm php7.0-cgi php7.0-bcmath php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-intl php7.0-json php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-sqlite3 php7.0-xml php7.0-zip php7.0-snmp php7.0-json php7.0-imap php7.0-common php7.0-tidy php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-pgsql php-pear

systemctl start nginx mariadb ; systemctl enable nginx mariadb ; mysql_secure_installation

Create Mariadb Database :
mysql -u root -p
create database db;
grant all on db.* to 'dbuser'@'localhost' identified by 'dbpass';
quit

gedit /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini &>/dev/null          date.timezone="Asia/Kolkata"cgi.fix_pathinfo=0    
gedit /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf &>/dev/null  env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME ]

wget https://www.xmbforum2.com/download/XMB-1.9.11.15.zip
unzip XMB-1.9.11.15.zip
cp -r XMB-1.9.11.15 /var/www/html/xmb

Setting up Nginx Server Blocks (Virtual Hosts):-
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
server {
    server_name www.yourdomain.com;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/yourdomain-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/yourdomain-error.log;
    root /var/www/html/xmb/;

    location / {
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}
nginx -t  ; echo "192.168.1.50 www.yourdomain.com" >> /etc/hosts ; systemctl restart nginx mariadb
gedit /var/www/html/xmb/files/config.php &>/dev/null
http://www.yourdomain.com/files/install/

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