Install Ultimate SMS on Ubuntu Instance – 20.04/21.04/22.04 with APACHE2 AND PHP8.1

STEP 1: INSTALL APACHE2

Login with your ssh access then run the following commands.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2

Stop and start Apache service:

sudo systemctl stop apache2.service
sudo systemctl start apache2.service

STEP 2: INSTALL PHP8.1 AND DEPENDENCIES

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt install php8.1 libapache2-mod-php8.1 php8.1-mbstring php8.1-xmlrpc php8.1-soap php8.1-gd php8.1-xml php8.1-cli php8.1-bcmath php8.1-mysql php8.1-curl php8.1-zip

STEP 3: EDIT PHP SETTINGS AS PER ULTIMATE SMS RECOMMENDATIONS

sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

Make the following edits to the php.ini file:

memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
post_max_filesize = 64M
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
max_input_vars=3000

STEP 4: COMPOSER INSTALL

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

STEP 5: CONFIGURE VIRTUALHOST

Create a virtual host config file named usms.conf:

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

Add the below lines to the file:

I am creating a virtual host for codeglen.com

<VirtualHost *:80>
#insert your email address instead akasham67@gmail.com
ServerAdmin akasham67@gmail.com
#its your project root directory
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
#your domain name or installation path url
ServerName codeglen.com

<Directory "/var/www/html">
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

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

Enable rewrite module for .htaccess rewrites and redirects:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

STEP 6: ENABLE SITE AND RESTART APACHE2

Enable the ultimate sms site on Apache and then restart the Apache service:

sudo a2ensite usms.conf
sudo a2dissite 000-default
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

In case you want to change this behavior, you’ll need to edit the /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf file and modify the order in which the index.php the file is listed within the DirectoryIndex directive:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>

After saving and closing the file, you’ll need to reload Apache so the changes take effect:

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Now upload Ultimate SMS Fresh_Installation_File folder files on /var/www/html folder.
Move to the project root directory and Update Ownership of the directory:

cd /var/www/html
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

STEP 7: INSTALL MySQL

Install MySQL on the server please check this URL: Install MySQL on Ubuntu Instance

STEP 8: INSTALL ULTIMATE SMS

Now browse or insert your ultimate sms installation domain URL on the browser and follow the following video tutorial: https://youtu.be/zH9r3XC8EbY

If you face any issues with installing Ultimate SMS on an Ubuntu instance then please create a support ticket on our support portal:  https://codeglen.ticksy.com/ Our technical team will get in touch with you. It will take a maximum of 24 to 48 hours to reply.