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1 sysadm 1.1 Installation
2     ==================
3     To install LBBS, please perform the following steps:
4    
5     0) Prerequisite
6 sysadm 1.8 Follow README.md under [leafok_bbs](https://github.com/leafok/leafok_bbs) to initialize the database structure shared by both web version and telnet version.
7 sysadm 1.1 It is highly recommended to finish the configuration steps of web version first and make sure those features could work properly.
8    
9 sysadm 1.2 1) Common requirements
10 sysadm 1.7 gcc >= 14.2
11 sysadm 1.2 autoconf >= 2.68
12     automake >= 1.16
13 sysadm 1.7 libssh >= 0.11
14     pcre2 >= 10.38
15     php >= 8.2
16     mysql >= 8.4
17 sysadm 1.2
18 sysadm 1.7 3) Extract the source files from a tarball or export from GitHub
19 sysadm 1.1 Run the following command to set up the autoconf/automake environment,
20 sysadm 1.11 autoreconf --install --force
21 sysadm 1.1
22 sysadm 1.7 4) Compile source files
23     export LBBS_HOME_DIR=/usr/local/lbbs
24 sysadm 1.6 ./configure --prefix=$LBBS_HOME_DIR
25 sysadm 1.1 make
26    
27 sysadm 1.7 5) Create user and group
28 sysadm 1.1 sudo useradd bbs
29    
30 sysadm 1.7 6) Install binary files and data files
31 sysadm 1.5 sudo make install
32 sysadm 1.6 chown -R bbs:bbs $LBBS_HOME_DIR
33 sysadm 1.1
34 sysadm 1.7 7) Modify following configuration files
35 sysadm 1.1 Default configuration files is saved as *.default, you should rename them first.
36 sysadm 1.6 $LBBS_HOME_DIR/conf/bbsd.conf
37     $LBBS_HOME_DIR/conf/badwords.conf
38     $LBBS_HOME_DIR/utils/conf/db_conn.conf.php
39 sysadm 1.1
40 sysadm 1.7 8) Generate menu configuration file with section data by running the script
41 sysadm 1.6 sudo -u bbs php $LBBS_HOME_DIR/utils/bin/gen_section_menu.php
42     sudo -u bbs php $LBBS_HOME_DIR/utils/bin/gen_ex_list.php
43 sysadm 1.1
44 sysadm 1.7 9) Create SSH2 RSA certificate
45 sysadm 1.6 ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "Your Server Name" -f $LBBS_HOME_DIR/conf/ssh_host_rsa_key
46 sysadm 1.1
47 sysadm 1.7 10) Startup
48 sysadm 1.6 sudo -u bbs $LBBS_HOME_DIR/bin/bbsd
49 sysadm 1.1
50 sysadm 1.9 11) (Optional) Set up systemd
51 sysadm 1.10 Create your own /usr/lib/systemd/system/lbbs.service from the sample at conf/lbbs.service, and make any change if necessary.
52 sysadm 1.1 Reload daemon config and start the service.
53 sysadm 1.3
54 sysadm 1.9 12) (Optional) Set up logrotate
55 sysadm 1.10 Create your own /etc/logrotate.d/lbbs from the sample at conf/lbbs.logrotate, and make any change if necessary.
56 sysadm 1.9 Restart logrotate service.
57    
58     13) Cleanup on abnormal service termination
59 sysadm 1.5 In case of any unexpected failure or improper operation which results in abnormal termination of lbbs process, manual cleanup of shared memory / semaphore might be required before re-launch the process. Run the following command to check first:
60     sudo -u bbs ipcs
61     There should be no item owned by bbs. Otherwise, run the following command to cleanup:
62     sudo -u bbs ipcrm -a
63 sysadm 1.7

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