How to Install Textpattern on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Textpattern is a flexible, open-source content management system (CMS) designed to help website developers create content-driven websites quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Textpattern on Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

To proceed with the installation, you will need:

Step 1: Download Textpattern

Visit the Textpattern download page at https://textpattern.com/download and download the latest stable release. You can download the .zip archive or the .tar.gz archive.

# Example: Downloading Textpattern archive using wget
$ wget https://textpattern.com/file_download/1436/textpattern-4.8.7.zip

Step 2: Install Apache and PHP

Textpattern requires a web server and PHP. Fedora CoreOS comes with Apache and PHP pre-installed.

#Update the package list
sudo dnf update -y

#Install Apache and PHP
sudo dnf install httpd php php-mysqlnd -y

Step 3: Configure Apache for Textpattern

To configure Apache for Textpattern, create a new virtual host.

#Create a new virtual host for Textpattern
sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/textpattern.conf

And add the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot "/opt/textpattern"
    ServerName example.com
    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/textpattern-error.log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/textpattern-access.log" combined

    <Directory "/opt/textpattern">
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Install Textpattern

Extract the downloaded archive to the /opt directory.

#Extract the downloaded Textpattern archive
sudo unzip textpattern-4.8.7.zip -d /opt

Change the ownership of the /opt/textpattern directory to the Apache user.

#Change the ownership of the Textpattern directory
sudo chown -R apache:apache /opt/textpattern

Step 5: Start Apache

Start Apache service and enable it to start at system boot.

sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd

Step 6: Configure Textpattern

Go to your web browser and type your Fedora CoreOS IP address or domain name. You will see the Textpattern setup page.

Fill in the required details, such as the database name, username, and password. Once complete, click on the "Install Textpattern" button.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Textpattern on Fedora CoreOS. You can now start creating content-driven websites using Textpattern.

Conclusion

This tutorial covered the step-by-step process to install Textpattern on Fedora CoreOS. We have explained how to download Textpattern, install Apache and PHP, configure Apache, install Textpattern, and configure Textpattern.

If you encounter any issues during the installation, please refer to the Textpattern documentation at https://docs.textpattern.com/ .

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