How to Install CouchCMS on Elementary OS Latest

CouchCMS is a free and open source content management system that allows you to create and manage websites without any programming skills. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing CouchCMS on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following:

• A working installation of Elementary OS Latest
• A web server installed and running (Apache or Nginx)
• PHP 7.x installed
• MySQL or MariaDB installed and running

If you don’t have any of these installed, you can follow our tutorials for installing Apache and PHP, and installing MySQL or MariaDB on Elementary OS Latest.

Step 1 - Download CouchCMS

The first thing we need to do is download the latest version of CouchCMS from the official website. You can download it from the following link:

https://www.couchcms.com/downloading/

Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file in the document root of your web server. For this tutorial, we will be using Apache as our web server and the document root is located at /var/www/html/.

You can extract the file using the following command:

sudo tar -xzvf couchcms_latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/

Step 2 - Create a Database for CouchCMS

Before we can start installing CouchCMS, we need to create a new database for it. You can do this by logging in to your MySQL or MariaDB server and executing the following commands:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE couchcms;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON couchcms.* TO 'couchcmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace your-password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 3 - Configure CouchCMS

Now that we have extracted the CouchCMS files and created a new database, we can start configuring CouchCMS.

1. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/couchcms_latest/. You should see the CouchCMS installation page.
2. Click on the ‘Next’ button to start the installation process.
3. On the second page, you will be asked to enter your database details. Enter the following information:
   • Database host: localhost
   • Database name: couchcms
   • Database user: couchcmsuser
   • Database password: your-password
   • Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
4. On the third page, you will be asked to enter a name for your website, your email address, and a password for the administrator account. Enter the required information and click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
5. On the fourth and final page, you will be asked to review your settings. If everything is correct, click on the ‘Install’ button to complete the installation process.

Step 4 - Access CouchCMS

Once the installation is complete, you can access your CouchCMS website by navigating to http://localhost/couchcms_latest/ in your web browser.

You can log in to the CouchCMS admin panel by navigating to http://localhost/couchcms_latest/admin/ and entering the email address and password you set during the installation process.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed CouchCMS on Elementary OS Latest! You can now start creating and managing your website.

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