CouchCMS is a popular content management system that allows you to create and manage websites easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install CouchCMS on Manjaro Linux.
Before you can install CouchCMS, you need to make sure that your Manjaro Linux system has Apache, PHP, and MariaDB installed. To install these packages, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache mariadb
After installing Apache, you will need to configure it to work with PHP. Open the terminal and navigate to the Apache configuration directory:
cd /etc/httpd/conf
Open the httpd.conf file using a text editor:
sudo nano httpd.conf
Find the following line:
#LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
And uncomment it by removing the # at the beginning of the line:
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
Save and close the file.
Restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Next, you need to install and configure MariaDB. To install MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After installing MariaDB, you need to start and enable the MariaDB service:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to set a root password, remove anonymous users, and disallow root login remotely.
Create a new database for your CouchCMS installation:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE couchcms;
Create a new user for the database:
CREATE USER 'couchcmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant permissions to the user:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON couchcms.* TO 'couchcmsuser'@'localhost';
Exit the MySQL prompt:
exit
Next, download the latest version of CouchCMS from the official website: https://www.couchcms.com/
After downloading the package, extract it to your web server's root directory, typically located at /srv/http/.
sudo mkdir /srv/http/couchcms
sudo unzip couch.zip -d /srv/http/couchcms
Next, navigate to your CouchCMS installation directory:
cd /srv/http/couchcms
Copy the config-sample.php file to config.php:
sudo cp config-sample.php config.php
Edit the config.php file:
sudo nano config.php
Find the following lines:
$db_name = 'db_name_here'; // database name goes here
$db_user = 'db_user_here'; // database username goes here
$db_password = 'db_password_here'; // database password goes here
Replace these lines with your MariaDB database name, username, and password:
$db_name = 'couchcms';
$db_user = 'couchcmsuser';
$db_password = 'password';
Save and close the file.
You can now begin setting up your website in CouchCMS. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/couchcms.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed CouchCMS on Manjaro Linux. You can now begin building and managing your website using CouchCMS.
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