Umbraco is an open source content management system based on Microsoft's .NET Framework. It is a popular choice among developers for building dynamic and responsive websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps for installing Umbraco on Arch Linux.
Before installing Umbraco, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Umbraco requires the following packages to be installed on your Arch Linux system:
$ sudo pacman -S dotnet-runtime dotnet-sdk apache php php-fpm mariadb
Umbraco is built on top of ASP.NET Core, so you must install the ASP.NET Core runtime and SDK on your system.
To install ASP.NET Core, run the following commands:
$ sudo pacman -S aspnet-runtime
$ sudo pacman -S dotnet-sdk
Umbraco stores its data in a MySQL database. Before installing Umbraco, you must configure a new MySQL database and user for Umbraco to use.
Log in to your MySQL server as the root user:
$ mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Umbraco:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE umbraco;
Create a new user and grant them privileges on the new database:
mysql> CREATE USER 'umbraco_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON umbraco.* TO 'umbraco_user'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Download the latest version of Umbraco from the official website:
$ wget https://our.umbraco.com//release-download/stable/81300/14931
Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest stable version:
$ wget https://our.umbraco.com//release-download/stable/umbraco-8.15.0.zip
Extract the downloaded file:
$ unzip umbraco-8.15.0.zip
Move the extracted Umbraco files to your web server's root directory:
$ sudo mv umbraco-8.15.0/* /var/www/html/
## Step 5: Configure Apache or Nginx
Umbraco requires a web server to run. In this tutorial, we will use Apache as an example.
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file:
$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/umbraco.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName yourdomain.com ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory “/var/www/html”> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/umbraco-error.log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/umbraco-access.log combined
Save and exit the file.
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
$ sudo systemctl restart httpd
## Step 6: Install Umbraco
Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the Umbraco installation screen.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation process. You will need to provide the MySQL database name, username, password, and server details that you created earlier.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Umbraco admin panel using the credentials you provided during the installation.
## Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Umbraco on Arch Linux. Now you can start building your dynamic and responsive websites using the Umbraco CMS.
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