Blog is a simple and lightweight blogging platform that allows you to create and manage your own blog. It is available on GitHub and can be installed on MXLinux latest. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Blog on MXLinux Latest.
Before starting the installation, make sure you have the following:
Open a terminal window on your MXLinux machine and clone the Blog repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/m1k1o/blog.git
This will download the latest version of Blog from GitHub and save it in a directory named blog.
Login to your MySQL or MariaDB server and create a new database for Blog using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE blogdb;
Replace "blogdb" with the name of your choice for the database.
Next, you need to configure the database settings for Blog. Navigate to the blog/config directory and copy the config-sample.php file to config.php:
cd blog/config/
cp config-sample.php config.php
Open the config.php file in a text editor and modify the following lines:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'blogdb');
define('DB_USER', 'username');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
Replace "localhost" with the name or IP address of your MySQL or MariaDB server. Replace "blogdb" with the name of the database you created in Step 2. Replace "username" and "password" with the username and password for the MySQL or MariaDB user that has access to the database.
Next, you need to set the correct permissions for Blog to run. Navigate to the blog directory and run the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
This sets the owner and group of all files and folders in the blog directory to www-data. This is necessary for Blog to access and write to certain files and folders.
Blog requires several dependencies to run. Navigate to the blog directory and run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get install php php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml
This installs the required PHP extensions to run Blog.
Navigate to the blog directory and create a new file named .htaccess with the following contents:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*) /$1/ [R=301,L]
This is the configuration file for the Apache web server to handle URL routing for Blog.
If you are using Apache as your web server, you need to configure it to serve Blog. Navigate to the Apache configuration directory and create a new virtual host file for Blog:
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
sudo nano blog.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/blog
<Directory /path/to/blog>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /path/to/blog/error.log
CustomLog /path/to/blog/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "yourdomain.com" with your domain name or IP address. Replace "/path/to/blog" with the path to the blog directory.
Enable the new virtual host with the following command:
sudo a2ensite blog.conf
Reload Apache with the following command:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
You can now access Blog from your web browser by visiting http://yourdomain.com (or the IP address of your MXLinux machine). You should see the Blog homepage and be able to create and manage your own blog posts.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Blog on MXLinux Latest!
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