Neos is a modern, open-source content management system built on PHP and the Flow framework. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Neos on the FreeBSD Latest operating system.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Composer is a dependency management tool for PHP that is required to install and manage Neos packages. To install Composer on FreeBSD Latest, use the following command:
pkg install -y composer
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the version of Composer by running the following command:
composer --version
To install Neos, navigate to the root directory of your web server using the following command:
cd /usr/local/www
Then, use Composer to install Neos and its dependencies:
composer create-project --no-dev neos/neos-base-distribution neos
This command will download the latest version of Neos and store it in a directory named neos.
Next, we need to configure our web server to serve the Neos application. The specific configuration steps depend on the web server you are using.
If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host file for Neos using the following command:
nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/neos.conf
Add the following content to this file to configure the Neos virtual host:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName neos.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/neos/Web
<Directory /usr/local/www/neos/Web>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/neos_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/neos_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
service apache24 restart
If you are using Nginx, create a new server block configuration for Neos using the following command:
nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/neos.conf
Add the following content to this file to configure the Neos server block:
server {
listen 80;
server_name neos.example.com;
root /usr/local/www/neos/Web;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Restart Nginx to apply the changes:
service nginx restart
After configuring your web server, you can access Neos through your web browser by visiting http://neos.example.com, where neos.example.com should be replaced with your server's domain name or IP address. You should see the Neos install wizard, which will guide you through the process of setting up your Neos instance.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Neos on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start managing your content with this powerful and flexible content management system.
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