Payload CMS is a content management system that enables users to create and manage websites easily. It is designed to be fast, reliable, and easy to use.
In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Payload CMS on Alpine Linux.
Before we begin the installation process, please make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Firstly, we need to install the dependencies required to run Payload CMS on Alpine Linux. Open a terminal window and log in to your server as a sudo user.
Run the following command to update your package lists and install the required dependencies:
sudo apk update
sudo apk add php7 php7-dom php7-xml php7-mbstring php7-openssl php7-zip
Now that the required dependencies are installed on the server, we can proceed to download and install Payload CMS.
Create a new directory in your web server document root:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/payload
Change the ownership of the directory to your user account:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html/payload
Navigate to the directory and download the latest Payload CMS release using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/payload
wget https://payloadcms.com/releases/payload-latest.tar.gz
Extract the archive file using the following command:
tar -zxvf payload-latest.tar.gz
Once the extraction completes, change the ownership of the Payload CMS directory to the web server user, such as Apache or Nginx:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/payload
Next, we need to configure the web server to serve Payload CMS.
If you are using Apache web server, you need to enable the required modules.
Run the following command to enable the required modules:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Create a new virtual host file in the Apache configuration directory:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/payload.conf
Add the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/payload/public
<Directory /var/www/html/payload/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the virtual host:
sudo a2ensite payload.conf
Restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
If you are using Nginx as your web server, create a new virtual host file:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/payload.conf
Add the following contents:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Add your domain name or IP address here
root /var/www/html/payload/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm7/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Next, create a symbolic link to activate the virtual host:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/payload.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart the Nginx service:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
At this point, you have successfully installed and configured Payload CMS on Alpine Linux. You can access the Payload CMS web interface using your web browser by navigating to http://your-server-ip-address-or-domain-name/payload/.
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