Dotclear is a user-friendly and powerful blogging platform written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Dotclear on the latest version of Alpine Linux.
Before installing any new package, it is always better to update the system packages to their latest version. Use the following command to update the system:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
To run Dotclear on Alpine Linux, you need to install some prerequisites. Execute the following command to install the prerequisites
sudo apk add nginx php7-fpm php7-json php7-zlib php7-xml php7-pdo php7-dom php7-xmlwriter php7-ctype php7-session php7-openssl php7-mbstring php7-curl php7-gd php7-pgsql php7-gettext php7-ldap
Execute the following command to download and install the latest version of Dotclear:
cd /var/www && wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz && tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz && mv dotclear/* . && rm -rf dotclear latest.tar.gz
After downloading and installing Dotclear, you need to configure Nginx to run it. Execute the following command to open the Nginx configuration file in nano editor.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
Delete the entire contents of this file, and replace them with the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www;
index index.php;
server_name dotclear.example.com;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location /install {
try_files $uri /install/index.php?$args;
}
location ~\.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php7-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Once you have added this configuration, press Ctrl+O to save the changes, then Ctrl+X to exit the editor.
After configuring Nginx, you need to restart it and PHP-FPM. Execute the following command to restart both:
sudo service nginx restart && sudo service php7-fpm restart
Now, open your web browser and enter your server IP address or domain name on the address bar. If you have configured everything correctly, you will see the Dotclear installation wizard. Follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation.
Dotclear is a comprehensive and easy-to-use blogging platform that can be installed on Alpine Linux with just a few commands. By following the above steps, you can install Dotclear and get started with your own blog.
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