WinterCMS is a free, open-source content management system that is based on the Laravel PHP framework. In this tutorial, we will take you through the steps to install WinterCMS on Fedora Server latest.
sudo dnf install httpd mariadb-server php php-mysqlnd php-devel php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-opcache php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc.Before we proceed, we need to make sure the Composer dependency manager is installed on our system. To do this, run the following command:
sudo dnf install composer
After installing composer, we can now proceed to install WinterCMS on our Fedora Server. First, create a directory to store WinterCMS, then navigate to the directory using the following commands:
mkdir wintercms
cd wintercms
Now, let's use Composer to install WinterCMS using the command below:
composer create-project wintercms/winter ./
Once the installation is complete, you can check the file permissions using the following commands:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/wintercms
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wintercms
To properly serve WinterCMS from the web server, we need to create an Apache virtual host configuration for our website.
Let's create a new configuration file for WinterCMS:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/wintercms.conf
And enter the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
ServerName your_domain_name
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wintercms/public
<Directory /var/www/html/wintercms>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wintercms-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wintercms-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "your_domain_name" with your domain name that will be mapped to the WinterCMS installation.
Now, save the file and exit the text editor.
Then, we need to enable the Apache rewrite module to allow WinterCMS' URL rewriting feature to work correctly:
sudo dnf install mod_rewrite
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-base.conf /etc/httpd/conf.enabled/
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-lua.conf /etc/httpd/conf.enabled/
Finally, restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
Now that the web server is serving WinterCMS, let's configure the application database.
Log in to the MariaDB console using the following command:
sudo mysql
Create a new MariaDB database and user account using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE winterdb;
CREATE USER 'winteruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON winterdb.* TO 'winteruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace the password with a strong password of your choice.
Finally, exit the MariaDB console by typing:
exit
To finish the WinterCMS installation, you need to run the Installation Wizard from the web browser.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_domain_name/install.php.
You will be presented with a page prompting you to enter your database details. Enter the database name, username, and password we created in the previous step, and click the "Install WinterCMS" button.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the WinterCMS installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WinterCMS on Fedora Server latest. You can now start building and managing your website’s content as per your need using WinterCMS.
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