FlatPress is an open-source and lightweight content management system that is perfect for personal blogs or small websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install FlatPress on Linux Mint.
Before proceeding with the installation process, you should have the following:
To download FlatPress, navigate to the official website https://flatpress.org/ and click on the download button. This will download the latest stable version of FlatPress to your system.
wget https://github.com/flatpress/flatpress/archive/v1.1.1.tar.gz
After the download, extract the archive file using the below command:
tar -zxvf v1.1.1.tar.gz
By default, Apache Document Root in Linux Mint is /var/www/html/ or /var/www/. You can move the extracted FlatPress files to the Document Root using the following command:
sudo mv flatpress-1.1.1 /var/www/html/flatpress
Next, you need to set the ownership and permissions for the FlatPress directory to enable web server user access to the files.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flatpress
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/flatpress
To create a virtual host for FlatPress, create a new configuration file in Apache sites-available directory using any text editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/flatpress.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file, replacing the ServerName and DocumentRoot with your own domain name and directory path:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/flatpress/
<Directory /var/www/html/flatpress/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/yourdomain.com_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/yourdomain.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL + X, then Y and Enter key. After that, enable the virtual host using the below command:
sudo a2ensite flatpress.conf
Finally, restart the Apache web server service to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
Now, you can access FlatPress through a web browser by visiting the domain name or IP address of your server.
The installation process is straightforward, simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.
In this tutorial, we walked you through the steps to install FlatPress CMS on Linux Mint. You can now start creating your own blog or website on FlatPress.
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