Install Selfoss on a Linux CentOS 7 VPS - Insurance Finances

Introduce

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Selfoss is an open source web-based RSS reader, written in PHP. This is a simple solution with an open plugin system that allows users to create custom data connectors to extend its functionality. The app also allows users to collect tweets, posts, podcasts, and even feeds in one unified location, where they can be accessed easily through a mobile device or computer desktop.

Here are instructions for installing Selfoss on a CentOS 7 VPS or dedicated server using the LAMP stack (Apache, MariaDB and PHP).

Preparation before installing Selfoss

For this tutorial to flow seamlessly, you need to prepare in advance:

• Fully Configured CentOS Server


• LAMP Stack installed in your CentOS server


• Enabled Mod_Headers and Mod_Rewrite

Step 1 – Create Selfoss . Database

If you have met all the installation requirements first, you can now create databases for applications:

First, run the command below to access the MariaDB command line:

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Provide your password and press ENTER to login. Once you are logged in, run the command below to create a database named “selfoss”:

MariaDB [(none)]>

createdatabase selfoss;

MariaDB [(none)]>

Next, issue the command below to grant the necessary privileges:

grant all on selfoss.* to selfoss@localhost identifiedby'SECURE_PASSWORD';

Flushprivileges;

Grant privileges to make changes:

Then exit from the MariaDB command line:

MariaDB [(none)]>

exit

Step 2 – Installing Selfoss

To install Selfoss, first create a folder named ‘selfoss ' in / var / www.

$ sudo mkdir /var/www/selfoss

Then run the command below to download the Selfoss installation files:

$ cd /var/www/html/

$ sudo wget --content-disposition https://github.com/SSilence/selfoss/releases/download/2.18/selfoss-2.18.zip

Now execute the command below to check if the files have been downloaded successfully:

$  ls -la

This will give you an output similar to the one below:

drwxr-xr-x. 3 root             root       43   Oct 31 04:15 . 

drwxr-xr-x. 4 root             root       33   Oct 29 04:15 .. 

drwxr-xr-x. 8 apache           apache     204  Feb  3 2015 lists

-rw-r--r--. 1 root              root   2881068 Mar  5 2018 selfoss-2.18.zip

Next, run the command below to extract the file:

$ sudo unzip selfoss-2.18.zip

Then move the settings files to the document root:

$ sudo mv -v selfoss-2.18/* selfoss-2.18/.* /var/www/html 2>/dev/null

Next, change the ownership of these files to avoid permission issues:

$ sudo chown -R apache:apache * ./

Restart Apache:

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 3 – Install Composer

Selfoss requires the editor to download plugins. Run the command below to install composer:

$ sudo yum -y install composer

Now change to the web root directory:

$cd /var/www/html

Then run the editor through the apache user:

$ sudo -u apache composer install

You may see a few warning messages but they are nothing to worry about. Everything will be done correctly. Once the installer is installed, you can continue with the last step.

Step 4 – Final Configuration

Configure Selfoss

This is the final step and you need to configure Selfoss to complete the installation. First make sure you are in the web root directory then copy the file defaults.ini into file config.ini:

$ sudo cp -iv defaults.ini config.ini

Next, run the command below to open the config.ini file:

$ sudo nano config.ini

Once the file opens, add the below database values ​​to this file:

[globals]

db_type=mysql

db_host=localhost

db_database=selfoss_db

db_username=selfoss_user

db_password=SECURE_PASSWORD

db_port=3306

Web server configuration

Next, you need to configure the virtual server block to make it possible to access Selfoss directly from mywebmail.tld or RSS.domain.tld. To configure the virtual host, run the command below to open the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/selfoss:

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/selfoss

Once the file opens, copy and paste the content below:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.tld

        ServerName rss.domain.tld

        Redirect / https://rss.domain.tld



</VirtualHost>



<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

<VirtualHost *:443>

        SSLEngineon

        SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/myblog.pem

        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/myblog.key



        ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.tld

        ServerName rss.domain.tld



        DocumentRoot /var/www/selfoss

        <Directory />

                Options FollowSymLinks

                AllowOverrideAll

        </Directory>

        <Directory /var/www/selfoss>

                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

                AllowOverrideAll

                Order allow,deny

                allow from all

        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

</IfModule>

Save and exit nano editor, then restart Apache.

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Set up automatic updates

Here, you need to set up automatic feed updates using the Cron job utility. To refresh the feed every 10 minutes, run the command below:

$ sudo crontab -e

Add the following directive

echo "*/10 * * * * root wget -o /dev/null http://yourwebsite.com/update">> /etc/cron.d/selfoss

Just follow the instructions and you will be able to install it.

Conclude

You have Selfoss installed in your CentOS 7 server. This is a free and open source application, feel free to customize it to suit your needs.

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