Roadiz is an open-source content management system that is highly customizable and easy to use. It is built on top of Symfony, which is a popular PHP framework. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Roadiz on Debian latest.
Before we start, you will need the following:
First, log in to your Debian latest server via SSH.
ssh your_username@your_server_ip
Before installing any software, it is important to update your system packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Roadiz requires a web server to serve its web pages. You can choose either Apache or Nginx.
To install Apache, run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2
To install Nginx, run the following command:
sudo apt install nginx
Roadiz is built on top of Symfony, which requires PHP 7.3 or higher. You can install PHP by running the following command:
sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-bcmath php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. You can install Composer by running the following command:
sudo apt install composer
We will use Composer to download and install Roadiz.
Create a new directory for Roadiz:
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/roadiz
Navigate to the newly created directory:
cd /var/www/roadiz
Run the following command to download and install Roadiz.
sudo composer create-project roadiz/standard roadiz "2.10.x" --no-dev
This command will download and install Roadiz with its required dependencies. Depending on your internet speed, this may take a few minutes.
The next step is to configure Apache or Nginx to serve Roadiz.
If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host file for Roadiz.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/roadiz.conf
Add the following configuration to the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/roadiz/public
<Directory /var/www/roadiz/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/roadiz-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/roadiz-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Then, enable the new virtual host configuration.
sudo a2ensite roadiz.conf
Restart the Apache web server.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
If you are using Nginx, create a new server block file for Roadiz.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/roadiz
Add the following configuration to the file.
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /var/www/roadiz/public;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
access_log /var/log/nginx/roadiz-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/roadiz-error.log;
}
Save and close the file. Then, enable the new server block configuration.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/roadiz /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the Nginx configuration.
sudo nginx -t
If the configuration is valid, restart the Nginx web server.
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Now that Roadiz is installed and configured, you can access your website by visiting your domain name in your web browser. Roadiz will greet you with a welcome page which will guide you through the setup process.
You will need to enter your database credentials and create an administrator account.
Conclusion
You have successfully installed Roadiz on Debian latest. You can start exploring the features of Roadiz and building your website.
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