Pagekit is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage websites with ease. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Pagekit on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following:
First, you need to download Pagekit from the official website. You can use the following command to download it:
$ wget https://pagekit.com/download/latest.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded package by running the following command:
$ tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz
This will create a pagekit directory inside the current working directory.
Next, move the extracted pagekit directory to the Apache document root directory, which is /usr/local/www/apache24/data by default. You can use the following command:
$ mv pagekit /usr/local/www/apache24/data
To allow Pagekit to read and write files, you need to set appropriate file permissions. You can use the following commands to set the permissions:
$ cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/pagekit
$ find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
$ find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
$ chmod -R 777 storage
Next, you need to create a database and a user for Pagekit to use. Log in to the MySQL shell by running the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted. Then, create a new database and user with the following commands:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE pagekit_db;
mysql> CREATE USER 'pagekit_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pagekit_db.* TO 'pagekit_user'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
Replace password with a strong and secure password.
To access Pagekit from a web browser, you need to create a virtual host configuration file in Apache. You can use the following command to create a new virtual host configuration file:
$ sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/pagekit.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your.domain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/apache24/data/pagekit
<Directory /usr/local/www/apache24/data/pagekit>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/pagekit.error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/pagekit.access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your.domain.com with your domain name or IP address.
Save the file and exit the text editor.
To apply the changes, you need to restart the Apache webserver by running the following command:
$ sudo service apache24 restart
Now, you can access the Pagekit installation wizard by opening your web browser and navigating to http://your.domain.com. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pagekit on FreeBSD Latest.
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