{"id":641,"date":"2020-12-15T02:25:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=641"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:25:18","slug":"installing-ioncube-and-filerun-on-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"Installing ionCube and FileRun on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

ionCube<\/strong> is a tool to protect PHP-based software from being viewed, modified, or run on unlicensed systems.<\/p>\n

Some applications such as FileRun<\/strong> require ionCube, so let’s install it first.<\/p>\n

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y\r\ncd \/tmp\r\nwget http:\/\/downloads3.ioncube.com\/loader_downloads\/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz\r\nsudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz -C \/usr\/local<\/pre>\n
Find the PHP configuration file (php.ini) on your system:<\/p>\n
locate php.ini<\/pre>\n
Add this line under the [PHP] block:<\/p>\n
[PHP]\r\nzend_extension = \/usr\/local\/ioncube\/ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so<\/pre>\n
Restart Apache and the PHP engine:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service\r\nsudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service<\/pre>\n
Run ‘php -v<\/strong>‘ and confirm that ionCube is active:<\/p>\n
PHP 7.4.8 (cli) (built: Jul 13 2020 16:46:22) ( NTS )\r\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\r\nZend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies\r\nwith the ionCube PHP Loader + ionCube24 v10.4.1, Copyright (c) 2002-2020, by ionCube Ltd.<\/strong>\r\nwith Zend OPcache v7.4.8, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies<\/pre>\n
FileRun: Create an empty database, a user, and grant privileges:<\/p>\n
mysql -u root -p<\/pre>\n
Run the following commands in the MySQL terminal:<\/p>\n
mysql> CREATE DATABASE filerun_db<\/strong>;\r\nmysql> CREATE USER 'filerun_user<\/strong>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password<\/strong>';\r\nmysql> GRANT ALL ON filerun_db<\/strong>.* to 'filerun_user<\/strong>'@'localhost';\r\nmysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nmysql> EXIT;<\/pre>\n
Replace ‘filerun_db<\/strong>‘, ‘filerun_user<\/strong>‘, and ‘password<\/strong>‘ as needed.<\/p>\n
Download the latest version of FileRun to your web server root:<\/p>\n
cd \/var\/www\/html\/\r\nsudo wget -O FileRun.zip http:\/\/www.filerun.com\/download-latest\r\nsudo unzip FileRun.zip\r\nsudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/<\/pre>\n
Open FileRun in your browser, for example:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/example.com\/   OR   http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/<\/pre>\n
You will be asked for your database credentials:<\/p>\n
MySQL Hostname: localhost\r\nDatabase Name: filerun_db<\/strong>\r\nMySQL User: filerun_user<\/strong>\r\nUser's Password: password<\/strong><\/pre>\n
The installer will create a user called ‘superuser<\/strong>‘ with a randomly generated password. Copy this password to log in, then change it immediately.<\/p>\n
To improve server security, remove certain privileges from the database user in the MySQL terminal:<\/p>\n
REVOKE ALTER, DROP ON filerun_db<\/strong>.* FROM 'filerun_user<\/strong>'@'localhost';\r\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/pre>\n
This should be done after installation. Before running any FileRun updates, re-apply the privileges with:<\/p>\n
GRANT ALTER, DROP ON filerun_db<\/strong>.* TO 'filerun_user<\/strong>'@'localhost';\r\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/pre>\n
To protect your FileRun files, change the directory ownership:<\/p>\n
sudo chown -R root:root \/var\/www\/html<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Then allow writes only to the following directory:<\/p>\n
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/system\/data<\/strong><\/pre>\n
The data directory can also be moved outside the web server root:<\/p>\n
sudo mkdir \/data<\/strong>\r\nsudo chown www-data:www-data \/data<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Then go to Settings > Admin > Users > ‘Select the User’ > Edit > Permissions > Home Folder > Path and enter: \/data<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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