MediaCMS is an open-source media server that makes it easy to manage and share your media files with others. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MediaCMS on EndeavourOS.
Before you start, you need to have the following:
Before installing any software, it is recommended to update the system. You can update the system using the following command.
sudo pacman -Syu
To install MediaCMS, you need to install some dependencies. The following command will install the necessary packages.
sudo pacman -S apache mysql php php-apache php-gd php-mbstring php-intl php-mysqli git ffmpeg graphicsmagick imagemagick
You can download the MediaCMS source code from the official website or GitHub repository. In this tutorial, we will use the GitHub repository. Use the following command to clone the MediaCMS repository to your EndeavourOS system.
git clone https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms.git /var/www/mediacms/
The above command will clone the MediaCMS repository into the /var/www/mediacms/ directory.
By default, Apache web server is not configured to serve MediaCMS files. You need to create a new virtual host configuration file for MediaCMS.
Create a new virtual host configuration file by running the following command.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/mediacms.conf
Add the following content to the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/mediacms
ServerName yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/mediacms/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mediacms_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mediacms_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name or IP address.
Save the changes and close the file.
MediaCMS requires MySQL database to store the media files metadata. Use the following commands to login to your MySQL server and create a new database for MediaCMS.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE mediacms;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mediacms.* TO 'mediacms_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace yourpassword with a strong password.
MediaCMS requires some configurations before you can use it. Use the following command to copy the sample configuration file.
cp /var/www/mediacms/config/config.yml.sample /var/www/mediacms/config/config.yml
Open the config.yml file with your favorite editor and edit the following lines.
database:
type: mysql
host: localhost
database: mediacms
username: mediacms_user
password: yourpassword
debug: false
Update the MySQL database credentials you created in Step 5.
Save the changes and close the file.
Now, everything is set up, and you can install MediaCMS by running the following commands.
cd /var/www/mediacms
sudo php bin/install.php
The above command will install MediaCMS and create all the necessary tables in the database.
Open your web browser and navigate to your domain name or IP address. You should see the MediaCMS login page. Login using the admin username and the password admin123.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MediaCMS on EndeavourOS. Now you can start managing and sharing your media files.
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