How to Install Bolt CMS on Fedora CoreOS

Bolt CMS is a lightweight and easy-to-use content management system based on PHP. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Bolt CMS on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing Bolt CMS on Fedora CoreOS, you need to make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS
• SSH client software installed on your local computer
• Access to the root user account of the Fedora CoreOS instance

Step 1 – Install Required Dependencies

First, you need to install the required dependencies for Bolt CMS to run smoothly on Fedora CoreOS. To do that, log in to your Fedora CoreOS instance via SSH and execute the following command:

sudo dnf install php-cli php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-curl php-zip php-xml php-gd php-mbstring nginx mariadb-server

This will install all the necessary packages for Bolt CMS to run on Fedora CoreOS.

Step 2 – Configure NGINX

After installing the required dependencies, you need to configure NGINX to serve Bolt CMS. Let's create a new configuration file for NGINX.

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/bolt.conf

And paste the following configuration to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    root /var/www/bolt;
    index index.php;

    server_name bolt.domain.com;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    }
}

Note: Replace bolt.domain.com with your actual domain name.

Save and close the file.

Step 3 – Configure MariaDB

Next, you need to configure MariaDB for Bolt CMS. Start by logging in to MariaDB:

sudo mysql -u root

Then, create a new database, user, and grant privileges to the user:

CREATE DATABASE bolt_db;
CREATE USER 'bolt_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bolt_db.* TO 'bolt_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace bolt_db, bolt_user, and password with your preferred values.

Exit from the MariaDB console:

exit;

Step 4 – Install Bolt CMS

Now, let's install Bolt CMS on your Fedora CoreOS instance. Start by navigating to the /var/www directory:

cd /var/www

Then, download the latest version of Bolt CMS from the official website:

sudo curl -O https://bolt.cm/distribution/bolt-latest.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive file:

sudo tar -xzf bolt-latest.tar.gz

Create a new directory for Bolt CMS data:

sudo mkdir bolt-data

And change ownership of the /var/www directory to the nginx user:

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www

Step 5 – Configure Bolt CMS

Finally, configure Bolt CMS to use the MariaDB database you created earlier. Navigate to the /var/www/bolt directory:

cd /var/www/bolt

Duplicate the .env.dist file:

sudo cp .env.dist .env

Then, edit the .env file:

sudo nano .env

And change the database details with the values you set earlier:

DATABASE_DRIVER=pdo_mysql
DATABASE_HOST=localhost
DATABASE_PORT=3306
DATABASE_NAME=bolt_db
DATABASE_USER=bolt_user
DATABASE_PASSWORD=password

Save and close the file.

Step 6 – Start NGINX and PHP-FPM

Now, start the NGINX and PHP-FPM services:

sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm

And enable them to start automatically on boot:

sudo systemctl enable nginx php-fpm

Step 7 – Access Bolt CMS

Open a web browser and navigate to http://bolt.domain.com. You should see the Bolt CMS installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bolt CMS on Fedora CoreOS.

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