LicenseForge Installation Guide

This guide provides detailed instructions to install and deploy the LicenseForge license management platform on your own VPS.

📦 Prerequisites

Ensure your server meets the following system requirements:

A VPS or dedicated server with root access (Ubuntu 20.04+ recommended)

MySQL server installed and accessible

One of the following web servers:

Apache or

Nginx

PHP 8.1 or higher with required extensions (e.g., pdo, openssl, mbstring, tokenizer, xml, ctype, json, bcmath, curl, zip, fileinfo)

Certbot (optional, for SSL but recommended)

Step 1: Prepare the Server Environment

1. Update Your System

2. Install PHP and Required Extensions

3. Install MySQL

Create a dedicated database and user for LicenseForge:

4. Install Web Server (Choose One)

Option A: Install Nginx

Option B: Install Apache

Step 2: Download and Deploy LicenseForge

Download the Application from the official source:

Download LicenseForge

Upload to Your Server
Use SCP, SFTP (e.g., WinSCP), or a control panel to upload the archive to your desired directory (e.g. /var/www/licenseforge).

Extract the Archive:

Set Correct Permissions:

Step 3: Configure Web Server

Nginx Configuration Example

With SSL

Enable site:

Apache Configuration Example

Without SSL

With SSL

Enable site and restart:

Step 4: Run the Web-Based Installer

Visit:

https://yourinstallationurl.tld/installer

Complete the form fields:

Database Host: localhost

Database Name: licenseforge

Database Username: licenseforge

Database Password: your_secure_password

Site Details: Fill in as required (e.g., admin email, password, company info)

And other information if required

Submit the form to complete the setup.

✅ Installation Complete

Once the installer is successfully finished, access the LicenseForge environment:

Admin Dashboard:
https://yourinstallationurl.tld/dashboard

User Registration:
https://yourinstallationurl.tld/register

User/Admin Login:
https://yourinstallationurl.tld/login

User Dashboard:
https://yourinstallationurl.tld/dashboard/me

🧭 You're Ready to Go

LicenseForge is now live and ready to manage your licensing operations in a secure and self-hosted environment.

VPS Installation

LicenseForge Installation Guide#

📦 Prerequisites#

Step 1: Prepare the Server Environment#

1. Update Your System#

2. Install PHP and Required Extensions#

3. Install MySQL#

4. Install Web Server (Choose One)#

Option A: Install Nginx#

Option B: Install Apache#

Step 2: Download and Deploy LicenseForge#

Step 3: Configure Web Server#

Nginx Configuration Example#

With SSL#

Apache Configuration Example#

Without SSL#

With SSL#

Step 4: Run the Web-Based Installer#

✅ Installation Complete#

🧭 You're Ready to Go#

LicenseForge Installation Guide

📦 Prerequisites

Step 1: Prepare the Server Environment

1. Update Your System

2. Install PHP and Required Extensions

3. Install MySQL

4. Install Web Server (Choose One)

Option A: Install Nginx

Option B: Install Apache

Step 2: Download and Deploy LicenseForge

Step 3: Configure Web Server

Nginx Configuration Example

With SSL

Apache Configuration Example

Without SSL

With SSL

Step 4: Run the Web-Based Installer

✅ Installation Complete

🧭 You're Ready to Go