Flextype is a flat-file content management system that allows users to create simple and flexible websites without the need for a database. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Flextype on Debian Latest.
Before installing Flextype, you need to install some PHP extensions that are required for Flextype to work properly on Debian Latest. You can check the list of required extensions on the Flextype official website.
To install the required PHP extensions, run the following command:
apt-get install php-intl php-mbstring php-json php-dom php-curl php-zip
After installing the required PHP extensions, you need to download the latest version of Flextype. You can download the latest version of Flextype from the official website or use the following wget command:
wget https://github.com/flextype/flextype/releases/download/v0.9.15/flextype-v0.9.15.zip
Next, you need to install the unzip package on Debian Latest to extract the downloaded Flextype zip file. You can install unzip by running the following command:
apt-get install unzip
After installing the unzip package, you can extract the downloaded Flextype zip file. Use the following command to extract the files:
unzip flextype-v0.9.15.zip -d /var/www/html/
Replace /var/www/html/ with your website root directory.
For Flextype to work properly on Debian Latest, you need to set the correct permissions. Use the following command to set the correct permissions:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flextype/
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/flextype/
Finally, you need to configure your web server to serve Flextype. You can use Apache or Nginx as your web server.
To configure Apache to serve Flextype, create a new virtual host configuration file. Use the following command to create a new virtual host configuration file:
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/flextype.conf
Then add the following configuration to the file and save it:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/flextype/
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/html/flextype/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/yourdomain.com_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/yourdomain.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Finally, activate the virtual host configuration by running the following command:
a2ensite flextype.conf
Then, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
systemctl restart apache2
To configure Nginx to serve Flextype, create a new virtual host configuration file. Use the following command to create a new virtual host configuration file:
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/flextype.conf
Then add the following configuration to the file and save it:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /var/www/html/flextype;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
error_page 404 /404.html;
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\.(ht|git|svn) {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Finally, activate the virtual host configuration by running the following command:
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/flextype.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart the Nginx web server to apply the changes:
systemctl restart nginx
After completing the above steps, you can access Flextype by visiting your domain name in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Flextype on your Debian Latest server.
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