Plesk Installing Guide!

Tapao

For plesk user that really want flarum in your own server but by using SSH thing is very hard and busy and many issues like composer is not found here is the easy way to install

Requirements

Plesk Latest Version
Pockethold

Step by step

You need to setup all about plesk
Create Database in plesk it may use MarieDB
Download clone Pockethold from github
Upload to domain in plesk you wish to
extract pockethold
move pockethold file in pockethold-master to your domain
Go to http://yourdomain.com/installer.php
Setup everything that it need in installer

Flarum Update

For update forums Domain and Website > Composer > Click Update it could update everything

Extensions

You cant use SSH to install extensions cuase it too busy but you can edit Composer.json for install extensions

Open https://extiverse.com/ for searching some extensions you want
then edit composer.json
add devname/project into the file in require filed
Go to domain and website > Composer
Click scan
Click update

Notice: For the extensions that not core you need to find the version of it by your self and don't forget to change version of it and it would be your own risk for unsafe extension

I hope this helpful for plesk user!
Maybe someone could rewrite this cuase my English 😉

DursunCan

Tapao Suppose that Flarum beta 14.2 is out. How to update?

Tapao

DursunCan For update forums Domain and Website > Composer > Click Update it could update everything

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Tapao that's actually quite dangerous as compoaer could then update components that should not be. It's much better (and safer) to target individual extensions. Performing an update of everything could render your forum inoperable.

Hari

I have followed this process and installed flarum but i still see plesk page where can i define NGINX settings?

or by default it uses apache?

Hari

we need to delete the default index.html file created by plesk in order to see flarum running

solved ✅

RelicSystem

This post probably be entitled "Plesk Install Guide without SSH access" or similar as with SSH access or access via the new terminal app from plesk it's much easier, granted not straight forward - perhaps the hardest parts are...

Remembering to change your webroot to the public folder

Setting your PATH to the right php version

PATH=/opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin:$PATH
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
PATH=/opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

you'll also want to remember to load your bash_profile source ~/.bash_profile you can verify success of correct php-cli version with a quick php -v.
and finally remembering to change the PHP version on the scheduled task (crontab)

I've tried using the composer update tool but it's not reliable in my opinion I often see things already updated, needing to be updated.

If you happen to know or can get in touch with the server administrator then asking them to sort out composer 2 support will be a massive benefit - it's officially supported by Plesk now (support article)

but it only really needs the below in the panel.ini and a quick update of the phar file, the biggest reason to dump composer 1 is it's horrid abuse of memory compared to composer 2 (at least on Plesk)

[ext-composer]
composerVersion = '2'

Hari

I got it running but I am interested in your post and the process.

first, we need to open the terminal and use this command

cd /var/www/vhosts/<your_domain_name>/httpdocs

RelicSystem Remembering to change your webroot to the public folder

got it https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/obsidian/administrator-guide/web-hosting/website-directory-structure/defining-a-custom-document-root.77500/

Setting your PATH to the right php version

Plesk > Domain > PHP Settings

RelicSystem PATH=/opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin:$PATH
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
PATH=/opt/plesk/php/8.1/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

where to do this?

RelicSystem

The PHP selection you made was for your FPM processor not CLI which depending on your operating system (OS, Distribution) tends to Plesk using the distributions PHP version - in most cases these are old and outdated.

You add the noted info (changing desired path to desired PHP version) to your bash_profile, see this article from Plesk on how to change your CLI version of Plesk depending if you are chrooted or not.

also
instead of cd /var/www/vhosts/<your_domain_name>/httpdocs if you are logged in as the user you wish to execute the commands as (ideally the plesk subscription owner) then cd ~/httpdocs works just as well 🙂

additional also, so far as I know PHP 8.1 isn't officially supported by Flarum (tho as far as i know the only issue is if display_errors On then it errors out) but if you can I would drop down to the supported PHP 8.0 - I run PHP 8.1 purely because my forum is unimportant and mostly me and my ramblings.

Hari

RelicSystem depending if you are chrooted or not.

i did not get this step, i am trying to change PHP cli to 8.0 but it is not changing

i followed these guides but no luck https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003766853-How-to-configure-a-specific-command-line-PHP-version-for-an-SSH-user-on-a-Plesk-for-Linux-server-

https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213909545

i think currently plesk is using composer2 by default but when i enter PHP flarum info it is asking for PHP cli 7.4

could you please help to complete this step i think this is the only last step which is pending?
I have installed redis docker and it is working as expected.

i want to authorize extriverse site in order to install premium extensions

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Edit: I figured it out, currently pleask comes out of the box with composer2 and PHP 8.0 cli