Omeka S is a web publishing platform for scholarly and cultural organizations, designed to showcase and share digital collections. In this tutorial, we will walk you through installing Omeka S on a Fedora server.
Before we proceed, there are several prerequisites you must have in place:
It is always a good practice to update your server's software packages before installation. Run the following command to update your Fedora server:
sudo dnf update -y
Install Apache web server on your Fedora server using the following command:
sudo dnf install httpd -y
Verify that the web server is running by typing the hostname or the IP address of your server in a web browser.
http://<your-server-ip-address>/
You should see the Apache Default page.
Next, install PHP on your Fedora server using the command below:
sudo dnf install php php-cli php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-zip php-devel php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath -y
Restart Apache web server in order to load the new PHP module:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Install MariaDB on your Fedora server using the following command:
sudo dnf install mariadb mariadb-server -y
Once MariaDB installation is complete, start and enable the service:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Run the following command to secure the MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to set a password for the root user, and remove anonymous users, sample data, and remote root login.
Next, create a new MariaDB database and user for Omeka S:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE omeka_db;
CREATE USER 'omeka_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'omeka_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON omeka_db.* TO 'omeka_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Install Git and Composer on your Fedora server:
sudo dnf install git composer -y
Clone the latest version of Omeka S from the official GitHub repository:
cd /var/www/html
git clone https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s.git
Use Composer to install the required dependencies:
cd omeka-s
composer install --no-dev
Set appropriate folder ownership for your Apache web server:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Omeka S:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/omeka.conf
Add the following content into the omeka.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/omeka-s
ServerName your.domain.name
<Directory /var/www/html/omeka-s>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/your.domain.name-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/your.domain.name-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "your.domain.name" with your own domain name or server IP address.
Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Navigate to your Omeka S site in a web browser:
http://your.domain.name/
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Omeka S installation process, using the database credentials you created in step 5.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Omeka S admin dashboard using the credentials you set up during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Omeka S on your Fedora server.
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