Directus is an open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to manage your data programmatically rather than through a user interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Directus on MXLinux Latest.
Before you begin, you will need:
Before installing any software on your system, it is always a good idea to update your system to ensure that all necessary packages are up to date.
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
Directus requires several packages to be installed in order to function properly. Install them by running the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-gd php7.3-mysql php7.3-curl php7.3-json php7.3-mbstring php7.3-xml unzip
Now that the packages are installed, we can download Directus. You can download the latest version of Directus from the official website. We will use wget to download the software directly to our server.
wget https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/download/v8.8.0/directus-v8.8.0.zip
We will now unzip Directus in our Apache web server’s root directory /var/www/html/. Use the following command:
sudo unzip directus-v8.8.0.zip -d /var/www/html/
Once you have unzipped the files, change the ownership of the Directus directory to Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/directus
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/directus
Now we need to configure Apache. Create a new virtual host file named directus.conf in the Apache sites-available directory.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/directus.conf
Add the following code into the directus.conf file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/directus/public
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/directus/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Use the following command to enable the new virtual host:
sudo a2ensite directus.conf
Enable the Apache rewrite module:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to your server’s IP address or domain name. You should see the Directus setup page. Follow the instructions to complete the setup process.
You have successfully installed Directus on MXLinux. You can now use Directus to manage your data programmatically.
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