WinterCMS is an open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. It provides a simple and flexible way to manage your website content.
In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install WinterCMS on Linux Mint system.
Before starting the installation process, you will need to ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
Composer is a package manager for PHP that is used to manage dependencies in your project.
To install Composer, run the following command:
sudo apt install composer
WinterCMS requires some PHP extensions to be installed on your system. Use the following command to install the required extensions:
sudo apt install php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-json php7.4-cgi php7.4-xsl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml
To download the latest version of WinterCMS, run the following command:
wget https://github.com/wintercms/winter/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.6.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded files to the Apache/Nginx web root directory:
sudo unzip v1.1.6.zip -d /var/www/html/wintercms
Navigate to the WinterCMS directory and install dependencies using composer:
cd /var/www/html/wintercms
composer install
Create a new database for WinterCMS:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password, and then create a new database by running the following SQL query:
CREATE DATABASE wintercms;
Create a new user and grant privileges to the WinterCMS database:
CREATE USER 'winteruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wintercms.* TO 'winteruser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace winteruser and password with your preferred username and password.
Copy the .env.example file to .env:
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file and update the database connection details:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=wintercms
DB_USERNAME=winteruser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Run the following command to generate a new application key:
php artisan key:generate
To run the migration, use the following command:
php artisan winter:up
Configure your Apache/Nginx web server to serve the WinterCMS files.
In Apache, create a new VirtualHost configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wintercms.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName wintercms.local
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wintercms
<Directory /var/www/html/wintercms>
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wintercms_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wintercms_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
In Nginx, create a new server block:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/wintercms.conf
Add the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name wintercms.local;
root /var/www/html/wintercms/public;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Enable the VirtualHost configuration and reload Apache/Nginx:
sudo a2ensite wintercms.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2
or
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wintercms.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Now, you can access your WinterCMS site by navigating to http://wintercms.local in your web browser.
Conclusion
By following this tutorial, you should have successfully installed WinterCMS on your Linux Mint system. You can now start using WinterCMS to create and manage your website content.
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