Dotclear is a free and open-source blogging platform written in PHP. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Dotclear on Fedora CoreOS.
Before you start, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
It is recommended to update the system before installing any new packages. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo dnf update -y
Dotclear requires PHP to be installed on the system. You can install the latest version of PHP using the following command:
sudo dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-fpm php-cli php-json php-gd php-zip php-sqlite3 php-mbstring -y
Dotclear also requires a database to store its data. We will use MariaDB as our database server. Install MariaDB using the following command:
sudo dnf install mariadb-server -y
Start MariaDB and enable it at boot using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Secure your MariaDB installation using the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt you to set the root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and remove test databases. You can choose to select the default options or customize as per your requirement.
Log in to the MariaDB shell using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted. Once logged in, create a new database and user for Dotclear using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE dotclear;
CREATE USER 'dotclearuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dotclear.* TO 'dotclearuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT
Note: Replace password with a strong and secure password.
Download the latest version of Dotclear from their official website using the following command:
wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded tarball using the following command:
tar xf latest.tar.gz
Move the extracted files to the /var/www directory using the following command:
sudo mv dotclear /var/www/
Change the ownership of the /var/www/dotclear directory using the following command:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/dotclear
Note: Replace apache with the username and group of your web server.
Open the default PHP-FPM configuration file using the following command:
sudo vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
Find the following lines and uncomment them:
listen = /run/php-fpm/www.sock
listen.owner = apache
listen.group = apache
listen.mode = 0660
Save and close the file.
Dotclear requires a web server to be installed. In this tutorial, we will use Nginx. Install Nginx using the following command:
sudo dnf install nginx -y
Create a new Nginx configuration file for Dotclear using the following command:
sudo vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/dotclear.conf
Copy and paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
root /var/www/dotclear;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Note: Replace example.com with your domain name or server IP address.
Save and close the file.
Test the Nginx configuration for any syntax errors using the following command:
sudo nginx -t
If there are no errors, restart Nginx using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Open your web browser and navigate to http://example.com/install (replace example.com with your domain name or server IP address).
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Dotclear installation. Use the database details created in Step 6 when prompted.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dotclear on your Fedora CoreOS Latest server. You can now start blogging with Dotclear.
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