In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Bolt CMS on your EndeavourOS latest machine. Bolt CMS is a free and open-source content management system perfect for bloggers, startups, and small to medium-sized businesses.
Before we begin with the Bolt CMS installation process, you need to make sure that your EndeavourOS machine has the following:
First of all, make sure that your machine is up-to-date. Run the following command to update your EndeavourOS machine:
sudo pacman -Syu
Bolt CMS needs PHP installation on your machine, which is usually done via the PHP-FPM. To install PHP-FPM and its dependencies (including PHP extensions), run the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-gd php-pgsql php-curl php-xml
Bolt CMS supports various databases, including MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Oracle. In this tutorial, we will use MariaDB.
To install MariaDB on your EndeavourOS machine, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After installation, enable and start the MariaDB service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb
Once done, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts and set up a secure password, remove anonymous users, and remove test databases and access to it.
You need a web server on your EndeavourOS machine to serve the Bolt CMS web pages. In this tutorial, we will use the popular Apache2 web server.
To install the Apache2 web server on your EndeavourOS machine, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
Once done, start and enable the Apache2 service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
Add the following rule to the firewall to allow access to port 80:
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP. To install Composer on your EndeavourOS machine, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S composer
Finally, we are ready to install Bolt CMS on your EndeavourOS machine.
Navigate to the web server's root directory and create a new directory for Bolt CMS:
cd /srv/http/
sudo mkdir bolt
Run the following command to install Bolt CMS:
sudo composer create-project bolt/project bolt --prefer-dist
This command will create a new directory called 'bolt' that contains the Bolt CMS files.
After successful installation, create a new database and user for Bolt CMS. Open the MariaDB console by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE bolt;
Create a new database user with a strong password:
CREATE USER 'boltuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_secure_password';
Grant all privileges to the new user on the Bolt CMS database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bolt.* TO 'boltuser'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges and exit the MariaDB console:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Next, open the 'app/config/config.yml' file in a text editor and replace the following values with the database credentials you created:
database_name: bolt
database_user: boltuser
database_password: your_secure_password
Open your web browser and visit your http://localhost/bolt URL. The Bolt CMS setup page will display.
Follow the prompts and install Bolt CMS. After installation, you can log in to Bolt CMS's dashboard at http://localhost/bolt/bolt/ with the username and password you provided during installation.
Conclusion
With the steps outlined above, you can now install and configure Bolt CMS on your EndeavourOS machine in minutes. Bolt CMS is an excellent tool for bloggers, startups, and small to medium-sized businesses looking for a free, open-source content management system.
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