Drupal is a powerful and flexible content management system that can help you create and manage websites of any size and complexity. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Drupal on MXLinux Latest.
Before you begin, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Assuming you have not installed a web server and PHP yet, start by installing the Apache web server and PHP from the command line:
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-gd php-zip php-curl
Once the installation is complete, start the Apache web server by running:
sudo systemctl start apache2
Then, enable Apache to start at boot:
sudo systemctl enable apache2
Next, you need to install and configure the database server for Drupal. In this tutorial, we will use MySQL as the database server.
To install the MySQL database server, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Choose a strong password and keep it safe.
Once the installation is complete, you can connect to the MySQL server by running:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted.
Next, create a new database for Drupal by running:
CREATE DATABASE drupal_db CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Replace drupal_db with your desired database name.
Then, create a new user for Drupal with access to the database by running:
CREATE USER 'drupal_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal_db.* TO 'drupal_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace drupal_user and password with your desired username and password.
Now that you have set up the web server and database, you can move on to downloading and installing Drupal.
First, navigate to the /var/www/html directory:
cd /var/www/html
Then, download the latest version of Drupal from the official website using the wget command:
sudo wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file using the tar command:
sudo tar -xzf tar.gz --strip-components=1
This will extract all the files to the /var/www/html directory.
To configure Drupal, copy the default configuration file:
sudo cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
Then, set the appropriate permissions to the sites/default directory by running:
sudo chmod a+w sites/default/
After completing all the above steps, you are ready to access Drupal via a web browser.
Navigate to http://localhost in your web browser, and you will see the Drupal installation page. Follow the prompts to complete the installation process.
During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter the database configuration details. Enter the same database name, username, and password that you set up in Step 2.
Once the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the Drupal dashboard.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Drupal on MXLinux Latest!
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