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Install FileRun on Debian 11

Install Apache and PHP:
sudo apt-get install apache2 php
Install PHP extensions:
sudo apt-get install php-mysqlnd php-curl php-curl php-zip php-xml php-mbstring php-imagick

Unload/disable the following unncessary PHP extensions to optimize performance:

sudo phpdismod readline shmop ftp ffi sysvsem sysvshm sysvmsg sockets gettext tokenizer mysqli

Once all the packages are installed, you will also need to install the IonCube loader on your system.

First, download the IonCube loader with the following command:

sudo wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

Once the download is completed, extract the downloaded file with the following command:

sudo tar -xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/php

Next, create an ioncube configuration file and define the IonCube source path:

sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/conf.d/00-ioncube.ini

Save and close the file, then create a PHP configuration file for FileRun:

sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/conf.d/filerun.ini

Add the following configuration:

expose_php = Off  
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED  
display_errors = Off  
display_startup_errors = Off  
log_errors = On  
ignore_repeated_errors = Off  
allow_url_fopen = On  
allow_url_include = Off  
variables_order = "GPCS"  
allow_webdav_methods = On  
memory_limit = 128M  
max_execution_time = 300  
output_buffering = Off  
output_handler = ""  
zlib.output_compression = Off  
zlib.output_handler = ""  
safe_mode = Off  
register_globals = Off  
magic_quotes_gpc = Off  
upload_max_filesize = 20M  
post_max_size = 20M  
enable_dl = Off  
disable_functions = ""  
disable_classes = ""  
session.save_handler = files  
session.use_cookies = 1  
session.use_only_cookies = 1  
session.auto_start = 0  
session.cookie_lifetime = 0  
session.cookie_httponly = 1  
date.timezone = "UTC"

Save and close the file, then restart the Apache service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2
Install MySQL/MariaDB

There are plenty of guides online for this.

Next, log in to the MariaDB shell with the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Once you are log in, create a database and user with the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE filerun;  
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'filerun'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Replace password word with the password you wish.

Next, grant all the privileges to the FileRun database with the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON filerun.* TO 'filerun'@'localhost';

Next, flush the privileges and exit from the MariaDB with the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;  
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;
Configure Apache for FileRun

Next, you will need to create an Apache virtual host configuration file for FileRun. You can create it with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/filerun.conf

Add the following lines: 

<VirtualHost *:80>  
        ServerName filerun.example.com

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/filerun

        <Directory "/var/www/html/filerun">
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
                Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/filerun.error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/filerun.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file then activate the Apache virtual host and rewrite module with the following command:

sudo a2ensite filerun.conf  
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Next, restart the Apache service to apply the changes: 

sudo systemctl restart apache2
Download FileRun

Download the FileRun installation zip archive from the FileRun client account: https://filerun.com/client-area

Once the FileRun is downloaded, unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

sudo unzip FileRun.zip -d /var/www/html/filerun/

For the above, you might need to install the unzip utility: sudo apt-get install unzip.

Next, set proper permission and ownership with the following command:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/filerun/system/data
Access FileRun web UI

Open your server's URL in a browser and complete the web-based FileRun installation.

Secure FileRun
Install optional third-party software
sudo apt-get install imagemagick ffmpeg libvips libvips-tools libreoffice