Squidex is a free and open-source headless CMS that allows you to manage your digital content and create data-driven applications. It is built on ASP.NET Core and MongoDB, and can be installed on various platforms such as Linux, Windows, and macOS.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Squidex on Linux Mint.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Squidex requires a MongoDB database to store the content and metadata. Therefore, the first step is to install MongoDB on your Linux Mint system.
To install MongoDB, open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y mongodb
Once the installation is complete, start the MongoDB service and enable it to start automatically on boot:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
sudo systemctl enable mongodb
You can verify the status of the MongoDB service using the following command:
sudo systemctl status mongodb
If the service is running, you should see a similar output:
● mongodb.service - MongoDB Database Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mongodb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-10-04 14:34:21 IST; 4min 17s ago
Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual
Main PID: 9980 (mongod)
Memory: 98.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/mongodb.service
└─9980 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongodb.conf
Squidex is built on ASP.NET Core, so you need to install the .NET Core SDK on your system. You can download the latest version of .NET Core SDK from the following link:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download
Select the Linux Mint version and follow the instructions to download and install the SDK.
Once the installation is complete, verify the installation by running the following command:
dotnet --version
You should see the version of the .NET SDK installed on your system:
5.0.401
Now that you have installed the prerequisites, it's time to download and install Squidex.
First, create a new directory named "squidex" and navigate to it:
mkdir squidex
cd squidex
Next, download the latest version of Squidex from the official website:
wget https://github.com/Squidex/squidex/releases/latest/download/squidex.zip
Extract the Squidex files to the current directory:
unzip squidex.zip
Give the permissions to the extracted files:
chmod +x ./squidex
Finally, start Squidex by running the following command:
./squidex run
If everything is fine, you should see the output similar to the following:
INFO Squidex.Hosting.Startup - Squidex started in 21.5752ms and is now listening on http://localhost:5000.
Now that Squidex is up and running, you can access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:
http://localhost:5000
You should be greeted with the Squidex login page:
Use the default administrator account to log in:
Once you have logged in, you can start exploring the features of Squidex and creating your content types.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Squidex on Linux Mint. Now that you have Squidex up and running, you can start managing your digital content and creating data-driven applications.
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