Joomla is a popular content management system (CMS) that is used to create and manage websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Joomla on Fedora Server.
Before starting, make sure your Fedora Server is up to date using the following command:
sudo dnf update
You will also need to have Apache, PHP, and MySQL installed on your server. If you haven't already installed them, use the following command to install all of them at once:
sudo dnf install httpd php mysql-server php-mysqlnd
Once installed, start the Apache and MySQL services using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
You will also need to secure the MySQL server by running the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
First, go to the Joomla website (https://www.joomla.org/) and download the latest Joomla package.
You can use the wget command to download the package as follows:
wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-10-1/Joomla_3-10-1-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
Joomla package is downloaded as a zip archive for easy distribution. To extract it, we need to install unzip:
sudo dnf install unzip
Once the unzip package is installed, you can extract the Joomla package using the following command:
sudo unzip Joomla_3-10-1-Stable-Full_Package.zip -d /var/www/html/
This will extract the Joomla files to the /var/www/html/ folder on your server.
To allow Apache to access the Joomla files, we need to set the correct permissions. Run the following commands to give ownership of the Joomla files to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/
For Joomla to work correctly, you need to create a MySQL database and a user that Joomla can use to connect to the database.
First, log into the MySQL command line using the following command and enter your MySQL root password:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Once logged in, run the following SQL commands to create a new database and a new user:
CREATE DATABASE joomla;
CREATE USER 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'joomla123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `joomla`.* TO 'joomla'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
This will create a new database called "joomla", a user called "joomla", and grant it full privileges on the "joomla" database.
Now that you have Joomla files in place, MySQL database ready, and correct permissions set, you can proceed with the Joomla installation process.
Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL, where your_domain_here is your server's domain name or IP address:
http://your_domain_here/
This will launch the Joomla installation page. Select your language and click on the "Next" button.
On the next screen, Joomla will check for the necessary system requirements. If everything is fine, click on the "Next" button.
On the database configuration page, enter the details of the MySQL database you created earlier:
Click on the "Next" button to continue.
On the FTP Configuration page, leave this empty and click on the "Next" button.
On the main configuration page, enter your site's name, your email address, and a strong administrator password. Click on the "Next" button to continue.
On the final page, click on the "Install" button to complete the installation.
Joomla is now installed and ready to use. You can access it by navigating to the following URL:
http://your_domain_here/administrator/
Enter your administrator username and password to log in and start using Joomla.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Joomla on Fedora Server. You can now start creating and managing your website using Joomla.
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