Need advice /help installing Flarum

JoleneP

I need a more streamlined installer.
Or a detailed guide to install it under my particular Control Panel.

I use hestiaCP which is rather overbearing as far as control panels go. It manages all the apache and Nginx settings, it will rewrite any manual changes to said settings.

I dare not use the composer command line, in a production environment... again cause PHP dependencies are supposed to be managed through hestia, and I suspect composer will likely completely break the server.

ernestdefoe

It shouldn't break anything and installing Flarum through Composer is the recommended way but you can also use the zip file located at https://docs.flarum.org/install/ just download the one that corresponds to your version of PHP and then select with or without public directory. Not sure on Hestia if you can select a document root. If you can then I suggest the one with the public directory and point your document root to the public folder.

KBExit

JoleneP I dare not use the composer command line, in a production environment

One major flaw in that statement is the fact that even the Extension Manager itself uses composer under the hood. If you use Flarum, one way or another, you are using composer.

Edit, updates for extensions and Flarum itself is also performed via Composer in either SSH or extension manager as well.

endlessedits

Once properly installed, Flarum has worked perfectly for me several years under Hestia, including numerous manual updates and extension additions using Composer via SSH.

However, the Quick Install for Flarum in Hestia is flawed. If I had to install from scratch, I would figure out how to set the document root in Hestia, then install manually via zip or Composer. Take time to understand the Flarum "Public" folder concept -- I personally found it incredibly confusing back then, and it turns out to be pretty simple. But don't ask me to explain it now because I don't remember!

KBExit

endlessedits I personally found it incredibly confusing back then, and it turns out to be pretty simple.

I think the primary issue is people overthink it and get overwhelmed when SSH enters the equation lol. But this is why I try and help where I can here. I was once confused as well, and despite having my own hosting service, I encourage people to give it a shot themselves 🙂

JoleneP

I got it running !!! Thanks for the help everyone !

It's greatly appreciated

KBExit

JoleneP glad you got it working! Best of luck!