How to Install Microweber on Alpine Linux Latest

Microweber is an open-source content management system that allows you to create websites, online shops, or blogs with ease. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Microweber on Alpine Linux latest version.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

• Root access or a user with sudo privileges
• A server running Alpine Linux latest version
• LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) installed and configured on your server

Step 1 - Update the System

Log in to your server using SSH and update the system to the latest version.

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2 - Install Required Dependencies

Microweber needs some dependencies to run correctly. Install the following packages using the apk command.

sudo apk add php7-xml php7-mbstring php7-gd php7-curl php7-mysqlnd php7-zip php7-json php7-session composer unzip

Step 3 - Download Microweber

Create a directory where you will install Microweber.

sudo mkdir /var/www/microweber

Navigate to the directory and download the latest version of Microweber from its website using the wget command.

cd /var/www/microweber
sudo wget https://microweber.com/download.php

Step 4 - Install Microweber

Extract the downloaded file and install Microweber using Composer.

sudo unzip download.php
sudo rm -rf download.php
sudo composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist
sudo chmod -R 777 storage/ bootstrap/cache/ userfiles/

Step 5 - Create a Nginx Virtual Host

Create an Nginx virtual host file for Microweber.

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/microweber.conf

Add the following configuration to the file.

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com; # Change to your domain name.
    root /var/www/microweber/public;
    index index.php index.html;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock; # Change to your PHP version.
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny  all;
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Step 6 - Restart Nginx and PHP-FPM

Reload the Nginx configuration and restart PHP-FPM.

sudo service nginx reload
sudo service php-fpm restart

Step 7 - Install Microweber Using Web Installer

Finally, access your domain name in the web browser and follow the web installer to complete the installation of Microweber. Provide the required information such as database credentials, site name, admin username, and password.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Microweber on Alpine Linux latest version. You can now start building your website, online shop, or blog using Microweber.

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