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By Abhishek Ghosh July 30, 2012 10:48 pm Updated on July 30, 2012

Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites

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Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites needs extra works and the difficulty level is a bit higher than WordPress though not very tough. vBulletin Forum Software is well known for being used on the successfulness forums and with vBSEO plugin it performs well. vBulletin is not free or Open Source, its a paid software. Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites, you need to download the compressed file from official website and obtain the license (customer ID). We will only show the technical part for Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites as its a paid proprietary software.

 

Needed Steps Before Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites

 

In this guide for Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites, we will install vBulletin on a subfolder. Quite obviously, use a separate new database for Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites, which is within this guide.

The two tools you will need WinSCP for Windows PC, which is a free software which supports SFTP 3 protocol or kind of such software. Another one is Notepad or any text editor.

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Uncompress the vBulletin download on your desktop, there will be two folders inside the uncompressed folder :

 

Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites

 

Open this upload folder by double clicking it. There will be many files and folders. You need to upload only these contents via WinSCP / FTP client to the place where you want to create the homepage of vBulletin forum. It can be the domain’s root, a subdomain or a subfolder / subdirectory :

 

Installing vBulletin Forum on Rackspace Cloud Sites

 

We have to create a database for Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites. Let the uploading process run by then.

 

Creating Database for Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites

 

Login to your Rackspace Cloud Control Panel. Click to expand Hosting on left hand column and then click Cloud Sites, Click the domain named hyperlink and click the features tab, Click Add under Databases. (Note : if you scroll down this page, you will see the Cron Jobs option). Now open any Text Editor like Notepad. Give the database a name, click continue and copy paste the database name in your Text Editor. In the next page, you will have to add a Database Username and password, use anything and write down it in your text editor. Click Finish.

The database will be created and it generally takes 2-5 minutes for proper functioning. You will see the hyperlinked database name under Databases. Simply clicking it will open the Database Information page :

 

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Our database is not localhost but the red circled one. Copy and paste the ˜Hostname™ in your text editor too.

 

Editing the Script and Running Installation for Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites

 

By now upload on FTP should be finished. Open the upload/includes/ folder within WinSCP. You will find a file named config.php.new. Rename this to config.php 

 

Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud

 

 

Then Open it on WinSCP by double clicking. Edit the file carefully :

 

Change these lines :

 

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$config['Database']['dbname'] = '<span style="color: #ff0000;">forum</span>'; &lt; - Change this

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$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = &lt; - Add yours

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$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = '<span style="color: #ff0000;">localhost</span>'; &lt;- Change this
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;

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$config['MasterServer']['username'] = '<span style="color: #ff0000;">root</span>'; &lt;- Change this
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = '<span style="color: #ff0000;">nothing</span>'; &lt;- Change this

 

 

Optional settings :

If you want to create another database as SLAVE DATABASE, create another one and start to edit this part too (this can be left if you are not sure what you are doing) :

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$config['MasterServer']['usepconnect'] = 1;

And configure  SLAVE DATABASE.

 

Now, on your browser, point to :

 

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http://www.your-domain.com/<span style="color: #ff0000;">if-sub-directory-its-name/</span>install/install.php

 

Do not try to show your technical skill while Installing vBulletin Forum Software, I know there is memcache option on config file. Edit it later for performance.

 

So, if its not a subdirectory installation (like /forum/), omit the red words and one back slash. It should start after entering the customer number :

 

vBulletin Rackspace

 

You will be promoted to delete the install.php file to complete the installation. This is a very good security feature.

 

More on Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites

 

vBulletin can outperform any server compared to Rackspace Cloud Sites. Points for Optimization :

 

  • First configure the slave database
  • Second by configuring Server settings from vBulletin Forum Admin panel
  • Third by adding extra modules
  • Forth is by using our old good .htaccess rules

 

You will enjoy Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites, simply for the advanced Server with practically no PHP memory limit.

 

 

 

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About Abhishek Ghosh

Abhishek Ghosh is a Businessman, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Author and Blogger. You can keep touch with him on Twitter - @AbhishekCTRL.

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Installing vBulletin Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites," in The Customize Windows, July 30, 2012, January 15, 2021, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2012/07/installing-vbulletin-forum-software-on-rackspace-cloud-sites/.

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