How to Install MediaCMS on Alpine Linux Latest

MediaCMS is a free and open-source media content management system that allows you to manage and stream your media content. It is written in PHP and requires a web server such as Apache or Nginx, a database such as MySQL, and PHP extensions. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MediaCMS on Alpine Linux latest.

Prerequisites

• A server running Alpine Linux latest with root or sudo user access
• Apache or Nginx web server installed
• PHP 7.2 or higher installed
• MySQL or MariaDB installed

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before we proceed, we need to install some packages required for MediaCMS. Run the following command to update the Alpine Linux package repository and then install the required packages:

apk update
apk add php7 php7-curl php7-gd php7-json php7-mbstring php7-mysqlnd php7-opcache php7-xml php7-zip mysql mysql-client

Step 2: Create a Database

We need to create a database for MediaCMS to store its data. Login to MySQL/MariaDB command line tool with the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Then enter your MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted. Once you are logged in, run the following command to create a database:

CREATE DATABASE mediadb;

Replace mediadb with your desired database name.

Step 3: Download and Install MediaCMS

Now, we can download and install MediaCMS. Run the following command to download MediaCMS:

wget https://github.com/kaltura/MediaCMS/archive/master.zip

Then, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip master.zip

Now, move the extracted files to your web server's document root directory. For example, if you are using Apache, run the following command:

mv MediaCMS-master /var/www/html/mediacms

If you are using Nginx, run the following command instead:

mv MediaCMS-master /usr/share/nginx/html/mediacms

Step 4: Configure MediaCMS

There are two configuration files that need to be edited to configure MediaCMS: config/config.php and config/.htaccess if you are using Apache or config/nginx.conf if you are using Nginx.

Apache Configuration

Run the following command to create a copy of the sample configuration file:

cd /var/www/html/mediacms/config
cp sample.config.php config.php

Then, edit the config.php file using a text editor. Set the database credentials, hostname, and database name as follows:

// Database information
$config['dbtype'] = 'mysql';
$config['dbname'] = 'mediadb';
$config['dbhost'] = 'localhost';
$config['dbport'] = '3306';
$config['dbuser'] = 'root';
$config['dbpass'] = 'password';

Replace the database credentials with your MySQL/MariaDB credentials.

Nginx Configuration

Run the following command to create a copy of the sample configuration file:

cd /usr/share/nginx/html/mediacms/config/
cp sample.nginx.conf nginx.conf

Then, edit the nginx.conf file using a text editor. Set the database credentials, hostname, and database name as follows:

# Database information
set $dbtype 'mysql';
set $dbname 'mediadb';
set $dbhost 'localhost';
set $dbport '3306';
set $dbuser 'root';
set $dbpass 'password';

Replace the database credentials with your MySQL/MariaDB credentials.

Additional Configuration

You may also need to configure your web server's virtual host to point to the MediaCMS directory. For Apache, edit your Apache configuration file and add a VirtualHost entry as follows:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mediacms
    <Directory "/var/www/html/mediacms">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace example.com with your domain name. For Nginx, edit your Nginx configuration file and add a server block as follows:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    root /usr/share/nginx/html/mediacms;
    index index.html index.htm index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        include        fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO        $fastcgi_path_info;
    }
}

Replace example.com with your domain name and php7.2-fpm.sock with the correct version of PHP-FPM.

Step 5: Setup MediaCMS

Finally, we can run the MediaCMS setup wizard to complete the installation. Open a web browser and navigate to http://YOUR_SERVER_IP/mediacms/setup.php. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.

Once the setup is complete, delete the setup.php file to prevent unauthorized access.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed MediaCMS on Alpine Linux latest. You can now start uploading your media content and stream them using MediaCMS.

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