Umbraco is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on the Microsoft .NET platform. It is highly customizable, flexible, and easy to use. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Umbraco on FreeBSD Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to download the latest version of Umbraco from the official website. You can download it using the following command in the terminal:
wget https://our.umbraco.com/versions/download-umbraco/cms/9.1.3/UmbracoCms-9.1.3.zip
The above command will download the latest version of Umbraco to your current directory.
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the zip file to your Apache server's webroot. Use the following command to extract the files:
sudo unzip UmbracoCms-9.1.3.zip -d /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
Umbraco requires a MySQL database to store its data. We will create a new database and user for Umbraco using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE umbraco;
mysql> CREATE USER 'umbraco_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON umbraco.* TO 'umbraco_user'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Make sure to replace password with a secure password for your MySQL user.
Rename the web.config file located in the Umbraco folder to web.config.install. Then navigate to http://YOUR-SERVER-IP/umbraco in your web browser. This will launch the Umbraco installer. Follow the instructions on the installer to complete the installation of Umbraco. When prompted, use the MySQL database details created in step 3.
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve our Umbraco website. We will create a new virtual host file to serve Umbraco using the following command:
sudo cp /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/php.conf /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/umbraco.conf
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/umbraco.conf
Add the following lines to the new virtual host file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName YOUR-SERVER-IP
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
<Directory /usr/local/www/apache24/data/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [PT,L]
</IfModule>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace YOUR-SERVER-IP with your server’s IP address. Save and close the file.
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo service apache24 restart
Umbraco is now installed and configured on your FreeBSD latest server. You can access it by visiting http://YOUR-SERVER-IP/umbraco in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Umbraco on FreeBSD latest. Umbraco is a powerful content management system that is highly customizable and flexible. We hope this tutorial has been helpful in guiding you through the installation process.
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