Deploy Discuz! Forum on Huawei Cloud in 6 Simple Steps

Discuz! is a widely used forum software that many enterprises deploy as an internal community. This tutorial explains how to quickly build a Discuz! forum on Huawei Cloud without requiring professional hardware.

Step 1: Log in to Huawei Cloud (free registration)

Open the Huawei Cloud website and log in or register a new account.

Step 2: Choose a cloud service

Select the free "Cloud Yao" service, choose CentOS 7.6, and let the system generate a password.

Step 3: Configure the security group

Enter the server details page, click the security group, and then modify the inbound rules to open the required ports.

Step 4: Open inbound ports

In the inbound rule section, click "One‑click open" and confirm to allow the necessary ports.

Step 5: Remote login

Use the generated root username and password to log in via the remote console.

Install Apache

yum -y install httpd

Start Apache and enable it at boot:

service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on

Install PHP and PHP‑MySQL

yum -y install php
yum -y install php-mysql

Install MariaDB

yum -y install mariadb-server mariadb

Start MariaDB and set it to start on boot:

systemctl start mariadb
systemctl enable mariadb

Create a database and user

Enter the MySQL console: mysql Execute the following SQL to create a user, a database named kunpeng, and grant privileges (replace 123456 with your desired password):

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '123456' WITH GRANT OPTION; CREATE DATABASE kunpeng; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit the console after the commands succeed.

Download and deploy Discuz! source

wget https://sandbox-experiment-resource-north-4.obs.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com/kunpeng/Discuz_SC_UTF8.zip

unzip ./Discuz_SC_UTF8.zip

mv Discuz_SC_UTF8/upload/* /var/www/html/

chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/*

Restart Apache to apply the changes:

service httpd restart

Finish installation via web browser

Open a browser and navigate to http://<em>your_external_ip</em>/install/. Follow the on‑screen prompts, enter the database credentials created earlier, and complete the Discuz! setup.

Note: The forum is not ICP‑recorded; it should be used for testing only and not exposed publicly.