Plone is a free and open-source content management system that is used to build websites and web applications. Alpine Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that is commonly used for container workloads. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Plone on Alpine Linux in a few simple steps.
Before starting this tutorial, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first thing you need to do is update your package repository by running the following command:
sudo apk update
This command will fetch the latest package information from the Alpine repository.
Before installing Plone, we need to install some dependencies. Use the following command to install them:
sudo apk add build-base libxml2-dev libxslt-dev openssl-dev libffi-dev
This command will install build-base, which is a collection of essential packages used to build software on Alpine Linux, along with the other required dependencies for Plone.
Next, we need to download Plone. You can download the latest version of Plone from the official website (https://plone.org/download) using the following command:
wget https://launchpad.net/plone/5.2/5.2.4/+download/Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
This command will download the Plone Unified Installer tarball to your system.
Once the download is complete, extract the tarball using the following command:
tar -xvzf Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
This command will extract the tarball and create a directory called Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller.
Before installing Plone, make sure you are in the extracted directory. Use the following command to change to the extracted directory:
cd Plone-5.2.4-UnifiedInstaller
Now, run the installer script to install Plone as follows:
sudo ./install.sh standalone
This command will start the installation process and prompt you for some configuration options. Provide the required information, such as the instance name and port number, and wait for the installation to complete.
Once the installation is complete, you can access Plone in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:8080. You may need to open port 8080 on your firewall to access Plone from a remote machine.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Plone on Alpine Linux latest. Plone is now up and running and ready to be used as a content management system to build websites and web applications.
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