Elgg VM by Anarion Technologies
Elgg is a robust open-source social networking engine and framework designed to help users create and manage their own custom social networking sites and online communities. It provides a comprehensive suite of features that support the development of engaging and interactive web applications. Key functionalities include user profiles, activity streams, and group collaboration tools, allowing for a dynamic and personalized user experience.
One of Elgg’s strengths lies in its flexibility and extensibility. Developers can easily customize and extend its core functionality using a wide range of plugins available from the Elgg community or through custom development. This modular approach enables the creation of tailored solutions that meet specific needs and integrate seamlessly with other systems.
Additionally, Elgg offers a powerful API that facilitates integration with external services and applications, making it a versatile choice for building complex social networking environments. Whether you’re aiming to build a small community site or a large-scale social network, Elgg provides the tools and flexibility to support diverse requirements and ensure a scalable, user-friendly platform.
To subscribe to this product from Azure Marketplace and initiate an instance using the Azure compute service, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to Azure Marketplace and subscribe to the desired product.
2. Search for “virtual machines” and select “Virtual machines” under Services.
3. Click on “Add” in the Virtual machines page, which will lead you to the Create a virtual machine page.
4. In the Basics tab:
- Ensure the correct subscription is chosen under Project details.
- Opt for creating a new resource group by selecting “Create new resource group” and name it as “myResourceGroup.”
5. Under Instance details:
- Enter “myVM” as the Virtual machine name.
- Choose “East US” as the Region.
- Select “Ubuntu 18.04 LTS” as the Image.
- Leave other settings as default.
6. For Administrator account:
- Pick “SSH public key.”
- Provide your user name and paste your public key, ensuring no leading or trailing white spaces.
7. Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports:
- Choose “Allow selected ports.”
- Select “SSH (22)” and “HTTP (80)” from the drop-down.
8. Keep the remaining settings at their defaults and click on “Review + create” at the bottom of the page.
9. The “Create a virtual machine” page will display the details of the VM you’re about to create. Once ready, click on “Create.”
10. The deployment process will take a few minutes. Once it’s finished, proceed to the next section.
To connect to the virtual machine:
1. Access the overview page of your VM and click on “Connect.”
2. On the “Connect to virtual machine” page:
- Keep the default options for connecting via IP address over port 22.
- A connection command for logging in will be displayed. Click the button to copy the command. Here’s an example of what the SSH connection command looks like:
“`
ssh [email protected]
“`
3. Using the same bash shell that you used to generate your SSH key pair, you can either reopen the Cloud Shell by selecting >_ again
or going to https://shell.azure.com/bash.
4. Paste the SSH connection command into the shell to initiate an SSH session.
Usage/Deployment Instructions
Anarion Technologies – Elgg
Note: Search product on Azure marketplace and click on “Get it now”
Click on Continue
Click on Create
Creating a Virtual Machine, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, resource group and so on as per your choice.
After Process of Create Virtual Machine. You have got an Option Go to Resource Group Click Go to Resource Group
Copy the Public IP Address
SSH in Terminal and run
these following commands:
$ sudo su
$ sudo apt update
Create a New Data Directory:
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/www/data
$ sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/data
$ sudo chmod 700 /var/www/data
In your browser, you can now access by navigating to the IP address of your server:
http://”instance IP Address”
Welcome to Elgg
To proceed Click on
NEXT
Database Creds:
Database Name: elgg_db
Database Username: elgg_user
Database Password: Admin@123
Data Directory: /var/www/data
Create admin account
ThankYou!!!