Serendipity is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage blogs, online journals, and personal websites. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Serendipity on Debian latest.
Before we dive into the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
To get started, we need to install a few dependencies required for Serendipity to run smoothly. Ensure your server is up-to-date, then install the following dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php-curl php-mbstring php-gd php-mysql php-zip wget
Next, we download the latest stable release of Serendipity from their official website. For this tutorial, we will use version 2.3.5. Run the following command:
wget https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/download/2.3.5/serendipity-2.3.5.zip
Once the download is complete, unzip the package using the following command:
sudo apt install unzip
sudo unzip serendipity-2.3.5.zip
Now we need to create a virtual host file for Serendipity. Open your preferred text editor and type the following configuration and save it with the name 'serendipity.conf' in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/serendipity
<Directory /var/www/html/serendipity>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite serendipity.conf
Restart the Apache server using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
In this step, we create a database for Serendipity to store all the necessary data. Log in to your MySQL/MariaDB shell using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL/MariaDB root user password when prompted. Create a new database called 'serendipity':
CREATE DATABASE serendipity CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Next, create a new MySQL/MariaDB user account and grant all privileges to the 'serendipity' database:
GRANT ALL ON serendipity.* TO 'serendipityuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Remember to replace 'serendipityuser' and 'password' with your desired username and password values.
Finally, flush the MySQL/MariaDB privileges and exit the shell:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Everything is now ready to install Serendipity. Move the extracted Serendipity folder to the Apache web server's document root directory using the following command:
sudo mv serendipity-2.3.5 /var/www/html/serendipity
Navigate to your Serendipity installation folder:
cd /var/www/html/serendipity/
Run the installer using the following command:
sudo php install.php
Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation, including setting your admin username and password, and entering your MySQL/MariaDB database details.
If everything went according to plan, you should be able to access your Serendipity website at your domain name or IP address. Login to the admin panel using your admin username and password to start creating your first blog post.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Serendipity on Debian latest. With this advanced CMS, you now have the power to create and manage dynamic websites as per your needs. Enjoy!
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