CouchCMS is a free and open-source content management system that is designed to work on various platforms including Linux. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing CouchCMS on Linux Mint.
Before we start, make sure you meet the following requirements:
Visit the official website of CouchCMS at https://www.couchcms.com/, and download the latest stable release. You can download the file using the wget command in your terminal:
$ wget https://www.couchcms.com/downloads/
After the download is complete, navigate to the directory where the file is saved, and use the following command to extract the files:
$ tar xzf couchcms_latest.tar.gz
Once the files are extracted, move them to the directory where your Apache server hosts your website files. For example, if your website files are stored in /var/www/html/, you can use the following command:
$ sudo mv couch/* /var/www/html/
Next, you need to create a new database on your MySQL/MariaDB server that will be used to store the content for your CouchCMS website.
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted, and then create a new database with the following command:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE couchcms;
After creating the database, you need to create a new user and grant it privileges to access the database. Replace the username and password with the values you want to use:
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on couchcms.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/ to start the CouchCMS installation wizard. Follow the instructions on the screen to provide the necessary information, including the database credentials you created in Step 4.
Once the installation is complete, you can access the CouchCMS admin panel by navigating to http://localhost/admin/. You should be able to login with the credentials you provided during the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed CouchCMS on your Linux Mint machine. You can now start creating your website content with ease.
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