A script to install BlogEngine.NET with Mono and Apache on a fresh Ubuntu 10.04 LTS install.

blogengine_install.sh

# Variables
LOGFILE=/root/blogengine_install.log

echo 
echo 
echo "Preparing Server for ASP.NET"
echo "############################"
echo 

# Check we're running as root
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
   echo "This script must be run as root"
   exit 1
fi

echo "Upgrading Ubuntu"
apt-get update >> ${LOGFILE}
apt-get upgrade -y >> ${LOGFILE}
echo "...done..."
echo

echo "Installing Apache"
apt-get install apache2 -y >> ${LOGFILE}
echo "...done..."
echo


echo "Installing mod_mono"
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop >> ${LOGFILE}
apt-get install mono-apache-server2 -y >> ${LOGFILE}

echo
echo
echo "*****************************************************************************"
echo
echo "Please hit 'the return key' 20 seconds from now to continue the installation."
echo
echo "*****************************************************************************"
echo
echo
apt-get install libapache2-mod-mono >> ${LOGFILE}
apt-get install libmono-i18n2.0-cil -y >> ${LOGFILE}
/etc/init.d/apache2 start >> ${LOGFILE}
echo "...done..."
echo


echo "Configuring Apache"
cat > /etc/apache2/sites-available/blogengine.org << EOF
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName blogengine.org
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  ServerAlias www.blogengine.org
  DocumentRoot /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html
  ErrorLog /srv/www/blogengine.org/logs/error.log
  CustomLog /srv/www/blogengine.org/logs/access.log combined

  MonoServerPath blogengine.org "/usr/bin/mod-mono-server2"
  MonoDebug blogengine.org true
  MonoSetEnv blogengine.org MONO_IOMAP=all
  MonoApplications blogengine.org "/:/srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html"
  <Location "/">
    Allow from all
    Order allow,deny
    MonoSetServerAlias blogengine.org
    SetHandler mono
    SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
    SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI "\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$" no-gzip dont-vary
  </Location>
  <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/javascript
  </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>
EOF

mkdir -p /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html
mkdir /srv/www/blogengine.org/logs
echo "...done..."
echo


echo 
echo 
echo "Installing BlogEngine"
echo "#####################"
echo

# Because I didn't manage to get it to download from codeplex itself I'm hosting a version myself.
# Maybe linking it directly from a github repo is a solution

echo "Downloading BlogEngine 1.6.1"
wget http://philippkueng.ch/download/blogengine161.zip --no-verbose >> ${LOGFILE}
echo "...done..."
echo


echo "Unzipping and Copying BlogEngine"
apt-get install unzip >> ${LOGFILE}
unzip blogengine161.zip >> ${LOGFILE}
cd BlogEngine.Web
cp -R * /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html
echo "...done..."
echo


echo "Setting the necessary Permissions for BlogEngine to run"
mkdir /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html/setup/Mono
cat > /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html/setup/Mono/mono_install.sh << EOF
#!/bin/bash
##
## BlogEngine.NET Mono Setup Script
##
## This script will prepare a Mono installation of BlogEngine.NET.  See the
## ReadMe.txt file in the same directory for instructions on how to use it and
## what it does.
##
## Usage:
##   ./mono_setup.sh [group_name]
##

## Step 1 - Create the symlink
echo "Creating symlink (bin -> Bin)..."
cd ../..
if [ -e bin ]; then
  echo "bin already exists - nothing done"
else
  ln -s Bin bin
  echo "Done!"
fi

echo

if [ -z "\$1" ]; then
## No group, no changed permissions...
  echo "No group specified; permissions on App_Data were NOT changed"
  echo
  echo "BlogEngine.NET Mono setup completed"
  exit 0
fi

## Step 2 - change the group of App_Data
echo "Changing App_Data to group $1..."
chgrp -R "\$1" /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html/App_Data

echo "Assigned group write permissions to App_Data..."
chmod -R g+w /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html/App_Data

echo "Done!"
echo
echo "BlogEngine.NET Mono setup completed"
exit 0
EOF

chmod +x /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html/setup/Mono/mono_install.sh
bash /srv/www/blogengine.org/public_html/setup/Mono/mono_install.sh www-data
echo "...done..."
echo

echo "Enabling the Configuration"
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart >> ${LOGFILE}
a2ensite blogengine.org >> ${LOGFILE}
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload >> ${LOGFILE}
a2dissite default >> ${LOGFILE}
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload >> ${LOGFILE}
echo "...done..."
echo


echo "Restarting Apache"
echo "...done..."
echo

I would need that but with blogengine.net 3.3.8 (latest version)