How to use Vanilla OSS Release 2025.010 (LTS 2)?

nwnuyhs · October 7

Hass Anyone used it?
OSS Release 2025.010 (LTS 2)
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/releases/tag/2025.010
It's not released version，it's a unpacked version.
Can someone tell me how to use it?

imok · October 7

But it says release.

And installation docs are in https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/tree/2025.010?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

nwnuyhs · October 7

@imok said:
But it says release.

And installation docs are in https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/tree/2025.010?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

no，it's not released，can not use
below is released
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/tree/Vanilla_3.3?tab=readme-ov-file

Not_Oles · October 7

Looks like this thread continues the previous discussion from https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/219848/#Comment_219848

Not_Oles · October 7

@nwnuyhs

I can see your enthusiastic Vamilla Forums continuation online at lowendai.com! Congrats on a successful installation of Vanilla!

On your lowend.ai forum, the top announcement post is by @kehan: https://lowendai.com/discussion/7/vanilla-forums-discussion-is-now-online.

When I Google searched kehan vanilla forums, Google sent me to https://www.kehan.cc/bbs/6949.html (first result). On the linked kehan.cc page, Khan Network Moderator Administrator has the same avatar as you use here at LES and also the same avatar as @nwnuyhs at lowend.ai.

Are @nwnuyhs and @kehan alts? Thanks!

Not_Oles · October 7

@nwnuyhs said: below is released
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/tree/Vanilla_3.3?tab=readme-ov-file

@nwnuyhs Did you install this version of Vanilla 3.3? If yes, may I please ask how did you do it? What version of Vanilla did you get working at lowendai.com? How did you do it? Thanks!

TheDP · October 7

@Not_Oles said: Are @nwnuyhs and @kehan alts? Thanks!

Yes.

He has a few handles and is also banned on some forums.

nwnuyhs · October 7

@Not_Oles said: Are @nwnuyhs and @kehan alts? Thanks!

yes，@nwnuyhs and @kehan are my account

nwnuyhs · October 7

@Not_Oles said:

@nwnuyhs said: below is released
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/tree/Vanilla_3.3?tab=readme-ov-file

@nwnuyhs Did you install this version of Vanilla 3.3? If yes, may I please ask how did you do it? What version of Vanilla did you get working at lowendai.com? How did you do it? Thanks!

a.Did you install this version of Vanilla 3.3?
Yes
b.may I please ask how did you do it?
1、downlaod Vanilla V3.3 from here:https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/releases/download/Vanilla_3.3/vanilla-3.3.zip
2、upload the vanilla-3.3.zip to the website root ,and uzip
3、visit website url to install
I use php 7.4
use aapanel ：https://www.aapanel.com/

c.What version of Vanilla did you get working at lowendai.com?
Vanilla V3.3

Not_Oles · October 7

@nwnuyhs

Thanks for your instructions! Very helpful!

Let's go through the steps you took one more time, please. Do you mean:

Get a VPS
Install aapanel (Does CloudCone autoinstall or one-click install aapanel? Which aapanel version did you use?)
Use aapanel to install a webserver (which did you use?), PHP 7.4, and a database (which did you use?)
Download the Vanilla zip
Extract the Vanilla zip in the website root
Visit website URL to install

Thanks!

nwnuyhs · October 7

@Not_Oles said: Install aapanel (Does CloudCone autoinstall or one-click install aapanel? Which aapanel version did you use?)

Use free verson：https://www.aapanel.com/new/download.html

If you user CloudCone ， I recommend you to connect to ssh to inastall
ssh soft : https://xshell.en.filerox.com/

nwnuyhs · October 7

@Not_Oles said: Use aapanel to install a webserver (which did you use?), PHP 7.4, and a database (which did you use?)

PHP 7.4 mysql 5.7

nwnuyhs · October 7

URL Rewrite：
Try finding this line in Vanilla's /conf/config.php file. If it doesn't exist, add the line.

$Configuration['Garden']['RewriteUrls'] = true;

aapanel paste those code：
location / { try_files $uri @vanilla; } location @vanilla { fastcgi_param X_VANILLA 1; rewrite ^/(.+)$ /index.php?p=$1 last; }

Not_Oles · October 7

@nwnuyhs

Thanks for the specific details!

I see from the lowend.ai website headers that you chose nginx as the webserver. But I don't know which version of nginx.

Ahh! I forgot to ask a most basic and important question--which operating system is being used on CloudCone?

Thanks again!

nwnuyhs · October 7

@Not_Oles said: But I don't know which version of nginx.

Use the aapabnel default version，I use : Nginx 1.28.0

@Not_Oles said: which operating system is being used on CloudCone

debian 11

Not_Oles · October 7

Thanks @nwnuyhs!

I have to try it. I will report back here about how it goes. It might take a while. However, if someone wants me to post here, step by step, as I go along, please let me know.

If I can help you somehow, @nwnuyhs, please let me know. I do appreciate your being so forthcoming with the specific details. Thanks again!

Does anybody have experience installing https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/releases/tag/2025.010? Can anybody point to an install summary or tutorial for https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/releases/tag/2025.010? Thanks!

Best wishes!

Tom

nwnuyhs · October 7

Hello Not_Oles，

@Not_Oles said: Thanks again!

You are welcome .

@Not_Oles said: Does anybody have experience installing https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/releases/tag/2025.010?

Yes，I try it，but it's unsuccessful.
Because The “Source code (zip)” is just the raw development files — it doesn’t include compiled assets or dependencies, so it can’t be installed directly.

The official OSS Release 2025.010 package was not released. I tried to package it myself but failed.

so , I recommend using Vanilla V3.3, which is the last stable open-source version. I have been using it for 2 days and haven’t encountered any issues so far.

nwnuyhs · October 8

I post video to here:https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/10048/just-for-fun-installing-2019-vanilla-forums-software-on-lts-debian-11-bullseye-in-2025#latest

How to use Vanilla OSS Release 2025.010 (LTS 2)?

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