pH7Builder quick installation guide

[DaVinki]

After spending an afternoon installing pH7Builder, I created below instructions. For this build, I used Debian 11 Bullseye, since I am familiar with Debian, and it has the correct versions of Apache and PHP for pH7Builder.
I Created this after everything was up and running, from memory and scrolling back my terminal commands, so I might have missed something.
Also, I know access rights 777 are not the best practice, and MariaDB needs to be secured as well. If you have any additions on this, please share...

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Install Debian 11 “BullsEye”

First, install Debian updates and pH7Builder dependancies:

.# apt update && apt upgrade -y
.# apt install apache2 mariadb-server composer gettext ffmpeg -y
.# apt install php php-common php-mysql php-zip php-pd php-dom -y

Enable mod-rewrite:

.# a2enmod rewrite
.# nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

place this block outside the < VirtualHost > block:

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

.# systemctl apache2 restart

Create MariaDB database:

.# mysql
MariaDB> create database NAME;
MariaDB> grant all privileges on NAME.* TO 'user'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
MariaDB> flush privileges;
MariaDB> quit;

Copy pH7Builder project files:

.# composer create-project ph7software/ph7builder --prefer-dist /var/www/html
.# cd /var/www/html
.# chmod -R 777 _install/
.# chmod -R 777 _protected

Finish installation using the webbrowser
After the installation is finished, users need acces to the upload folder to upload pictures etc:

.# chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/data/system/modules/user