How to install Contao on Clear Linux Latest

Introduction

Contao is a free, open-source, and user-friendly content management system (CMS) used for creating and managing websites. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing Contao on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

1. Clear Linux Latest installed and updated to the latest version.
2. A sudo user with administrative privileges.

Step 1: Install Apache server

Contao requires an Apache server to run. To install the Apache server, open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add os-web-server

Step 2: Install PHP

Contao is built using PHP, so you need to install PHP on Clear Linux. To install PHP, run the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add php

Step 3: Install MySQL database server

Contao requires a MySQL database server to store the website data. To install MySQL on Clear Linux, run the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add mysql

Step 4: Install Contao

Now that you have installed Apache, PHP, and MySQL, it's time to install Contao.

1. Download the latest stable version of Contao by visiting the Contao website via your web browser. The download link is available here: https://contao.org/en/download.html.
2. Once downloaded, extract the Contao archive file to the Apache document root directory. The Apache document root directory on Clear Linux is "/srv/www/htdocs". You can do this by running the following command:

sudo tar -xzf contao.tar.gz -C /srv/www/htdocs/

3. Change the ownership of the Contao directory to the Apache user:

sudo chown -R _www /srv/www/htdocs/contao

4. Create a new MySQL database for Contao:

mysql -u root -p

5. Provide your MySQL root password to access the MySQL shell:

6. Create a new database for Contao:

CREATE DATABASE contao;

7. Create a new user for the database with a password:

CREATE USER 'contao'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

8. Grant privileges to the user on the database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON contao.* TO 'contao'@'localhost';

9. Exit the MySQL shell by running "exit".

10. Open your web browser and visit http://localhost/contao/install.php to start the Contao installation wizard.

11. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard to set up your Contao website. On the "Database configuration" page, enter the MySQL database details you created earlier.

12. Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Contao backend by visiting http://localhost/contao/login.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Contao on Clear Linux latest version. You can now start building and managing your website using Contao.

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