Known is a popular publishing platform that empowers people to share their stories and ideas with the world. In this tutorial, we'll outline the steps to successfully install Known on Clear Linux Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to download the latest stable release of Known from the official website. You can do this by navigating to the https://withknown.com/ website and clicking on the "Download" button.
Once you've downloaded Known, upload the files to your server. You can do this using an FTP client or by using a command-line tool such as scp.
Known requires a MySQL database to store its data. You will need to create a new database and user for Known to use.
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted and log in to the MySQL shell.
CREATE DATABASE known;
CREATE USER 'known_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON known.* TO 'known_user'@'localhost';
Make sure to replace "password" with a strong password for your new user.
Known requires several PHP extensions to function correctly. You can install them using the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add php
sudo swupd bundle-add php-xml
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mysqlnd
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mbstring
sudo swupd bundle-add php-gd
sudo swupd bundle-add php-curl
Next, you'll need to configure Known to use your database. Navigate to the root directory of your Known installation and rename the file "config.ini.sample" to "config.ini".
cd /var/www/html/known
sudo mv config.ini.sample config.ini
Open the "config.ini" file in your preferred text editor and update the following lines:
database = "mysql:dbname=known;host=localhost"
db_user = "known_user"
db_pass = "password"
Make sure to replace "password" with the password you created for your MySQL user in Step 3.
Known requires some directories to be writeable by the web server. You can set the permissions using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/known
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/known
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/known/Uploads /var/www/html/known/FileCache /var/www/html/known/Smarty-3.1.7/tmp
Finally, you'll need to configure your web server to serve Known. The specific steps will depend on your web server, but generally, you'll need to create a new virtual host and point it to the root directory of your Known installation.
For example, if you're using Apache, you can create a new virtual host file (/etc/apache2/sites-available/known.conf) with the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/known
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/known>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "example.com" with your own domain name.
Once you've created the virtual host, enable it using the following command:
sudo a2ensite known.conf
Then, restart your web server:
sudo service apache2 restart
That's it! You should now have a fully functional installation of Known on Clear Linux Latest. Feel free to explore the platform and start sharing your thoughts and ideas with the world.
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