Setup up MyBB on a Digital Ocean VPS using Mysql, Nginx and PHP

I am a Linux System Administrator, that also does Web Development on the macOS.
In this video, I am going to install MyBB into a free VPS on Digital Ocean using Mysql, Nginx and PHP.

We will also look at turning on caching and enabling SEO friendly URLs.

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Table of Contents:

00:00 – Intro
00:33 – Creating the server
01:53 – Connecting to the server
02:28 – Updating the server
02:44 – Installing MySQL, Nginx and PHP
03:31 – Create user
04:45 – Downloading MyBB
05:11 – Unzipping MyBB
05:42 – Moving MyBB into a web folder
06:06 – Tidying up the user folder
06:31 – Creating MySQL database and user
07:51 – Setting MySQL user permissions
08:38 – Flushing MySQL privileges
09:18 – Nginx configuration
09:38 – Default Nginx page
09:46 – Nginx sites configuration
10:57 – Configuring Nginx for MyBB
13:42 – MyBB installation wizard
13:57 – MyBB requirements check
14:19 – Installing missing PHP extensions
14:53 – PHP Configuration
15:23 – PHP pools
16:23 – Configure PHP to run as the website user
16:32 – PHP listen directive
17:06 – Editing the php.ini for uploading files
19:11 – MyBB database configuration
20:25 – MyBB board configuration
20:36 – MyBB – creating an admin account
20:58 – Finished MyBB setup
21:09 – MyBB caching
22:50 – Enabling SEO Friendly URLs in MyBB

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