misago Installation Guide Installation Guide

misago is a free and open-source modern forum platform. Misago provides fully-featured modern forum application

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 2GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80 (default misago port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install misago
sudo dnf install -y misago

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now misago

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install misago
sudo apt install -y misago

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now misago

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Install misago
sudo pacman -S misago

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now misago

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Install misago
apk add --no-cache misago

# Enable and start service
rc-update add misago default
rc-service misago start

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Install misago
sudo zypper install -y misago

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now misago

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install misago

# Start service
brew services start misago

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install misago

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'misago_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service misago start

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install misago

# Or using Scoop
scoop install misago

# Verify installation
misago --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/misago

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
misago --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable misago

# Start service
sudo systemctl start misago

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop misago

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart misago

# Check status
sudo systemctl status misago

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u misago -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add misago default

# Start service
rc-service misago start

# Stop service
rc-service misago stop

# Restart service
rc-service misago restart

# Check status
rc-service misago status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'misago_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service misago start

# Stop service
service misago stop

# Restart service
service misago restart

# Check status
service misago status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start misago
brew services stop misago
brew services restart misago

# Check status
brew services list | grep misago

powershell

# Start service
net start misago

# Stop service
net stop misago

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service misago
Stop-Service misago
Restart-Service misago

# Check status
Get-Service misago

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream misago_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name misago.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name misago.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/misago.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/misago.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://misago_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName misago.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://misago.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName misago.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/misago.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/misago.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend misago_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/misago.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend misago_backend

backend misago_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server misago1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R misago:misago /etc/misago
sudo chmod 750 /etc/misago

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status misago

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u misago -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep misago)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/misago"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/misago-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/misago /var/lib/misago

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/misago-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop misago

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/misago/misago-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start misago

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u misago -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/misago/misago.log

# Check configuration
misago --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/misago

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep misago)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep misago)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  misago:
    image: misago:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/misago
      - ./data:/var/lib/misago
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update misago

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade misago

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu misago

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade misago

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update misago

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade misago

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/misago-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/misago

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart misago

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/misago

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/misago -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/misago

Official Documentation: https://docs.misago.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/misago/misago

Community Forum: https://forum.misago.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.misago.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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