In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to successfully install CouchCMS on Debian Latest.
Before you start with the installation process, please make sure that you have the following:
Go to the official website of CouchCMS at https://www.couchcms.com/ and download the latest version of CouchCMS.
Alternatively, you can use wget to download the latest version of CouchCMS.
$ wget https://www.couchcms.com/downloads/couchcms-latest.zip
After downloading the CouchCMS archive, extract it to the document root directory of your web server.
$ sudo unzip couchcms-latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
CouchCMS requires write permission to the following directories:
Set the necessary permissions on these directories using the following commands.
$ sudo chmod 755 /var/www/html/assets
$ sudo chmod 755 /var/www/html/config
$ sudo chmod 755 /var/www/html/tmp
CouchCMS requires a database to store its configuration data. You can either use an existing database, or create a new one specifically for CouchCMS.
Use the following commands to create a new database and grant privileges to a user:
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database couchdb;
mysql> grant all privileges on couchdb.* to 'couchuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> exit
You can replace the values 'couchdb', 'couchuser', and 'password' with your preferred database name, username, and password.
Open the configuration file located at /var/www/html/config.php with a text editor and update the database settings with the values you set in Step 4.
define('K_DB_HOSTNAME', 'localhost');
define('K_DB_USERNAME', 'couchuser');
define('K_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('K_DB_NAME', 'couchdb');
Save the changes you made and close the file.
Restart your web server and open a web browser. Enter the URL of your CouchCMS installation, e.g., http://yourdomain.com/.
This should display the default homepage of your CouchCMS installation. If you see this, congratulations! You have successfully installed CouchCMS on Debian Latest.
In just six simple steps, you can install CouchCMS on Debian Latest. With CouchCMS installed, you can now easily create dynamic and responsive websites without having to write any code.
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