Backdrop CMS is an open-source content management system based on Drupal 7. It is designed to be a simpler and more affordable alternative to Drupal, while offering all the features that people need to create and manage their web content.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Backdrop CMS on your Fedora CoreOS system.
Before you can install Backdrop CMS, you need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo dnf install -y httpd mariadb mariadb-server php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-mbstring php-xml unzip wget
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start mariadb
This will install the Apache web server, MySQL database server, PHP programming language, and some necessary PHP extensions. It will also start and enable the Apache and MySQL services.
Next, you need to download and extract the Backdrop CMS files. You can do this by running the following commands:
cd /var/www/html/
sudo wget https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.18.0/backdrop-1.18.0.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzf backdrop-1.18.0.tar.gz
sudo mv backdrop-1.18.0/* .
sudo rm -rf backdrop-1.18.0*
This will download the latest release of Backdrop CMS from GitHub and extract it to the Apache web root directory. It will also move the extracted files to the current directory and remove the unnecessary extracted directory.
Now you need to create a MariaDB database for Backdrop CMS. Run the following commands to log in to MariaDB, create a database, and grant privileges to a new user:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE backdrop;
CREATE USER 'backdrop'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON backdrop.* TO 'backdrop'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Be sure to replace "your_password_here" with a strong password.
Finally, you can set up Backdrop CMS by navigating to your website in a web browser. You should see the installation page, where you can enter your database information and create an admin account.
Follow the instructions on the page to complete the installation. Once it's done, you can start creating and managing your web content with Backdrop CMS!
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Backdrop CMS on a Fedora CoreOS system. You installed the necessary dependencies, downloaded and extracted the Backdrop CMS files, created a MariaDB database, and set up Backdrop CMS. Enjoy your new content management system!
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