Roadiz is an open-source content management system based on Symfony and Doctrine ORM. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Roadiz on Elementary OS.
Before you start, please make sure that you have the following:
You can download the latest version of Roadiz from the official website or from the GitHub repository. Once downloaded, extract the archive to the /var/www directory using the following command:
sudo tar -xzvf roadiz-3.9.2.zip -C /var/www/
Change roadiz-3.9.2.zip to the name of the archive file you downloaded.
Navigate to the Roadiz directory and install the dependencies using Composer. Run the following commands:
cd /var/www/roadiz
sudo composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
This command will install all the necessary dependencies and optimize the autoloader.
Roadiz uses MySQL or MariaDB as a database, so make sure that you have it installed and running. Create a new database and user with the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE roadiz;
CREATE USER 'roadiz'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; # Replace password with a strong password
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON roadiz.* TO 'roadiz'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Change password to a strong password of your choice.
Next, copy the conf/config.yml.dist file to conf/config.yml and edit it with your database details:
sudo cp conf/config.yml.dist conf/config.yml
sudo nano conf/config.yml
In the doctrine section, replace the default database configuration with your own:
driver: pdo_mysql
host: localhost
port: 3306
dbname: roadiz
user: roadiz
password: password
Save and close the file.
Set the correct file permissions using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
sudo chmod -R 755 .
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for Roadiz. Run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/roadiz.conf
Paste the following configuration into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/roadiz/web
<Directory /var/www/roadiz/web>
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Change yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com to your own domain names. Save and close the file.
Next, enable the virtual host and the rewrite module by running the following commands:
sudo a2ensite roadiz
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Finally, restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Visit the public domain name you set up in your virtual host configuration in your web browser, and you should see the Roadiz installation page.
Fill in the installation details and click "Install". Once the installation is complete, you can log in to your new Roadiz dashboard.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Roadiz on Elementary OS Latest!
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