How to Install MediaCMS on Manjaro

MediaCMS is an open-source content management system designed for multimedia websites. It is based on PHP and requires a MySQL database. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing MediaCMS on Manjaro Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing MediaCMS, make sure you have the following packages installed on your system:

• Apache web server
• PHP 7 or later
• MySQL or MariaDB database

You can install these packages using the following commands:

sudo pacman -S apache
sudo pacman -S php
sudo pacman -S mysql

Step 1: Download MediaCMS

To download MediaCMS, go to the official website at https://mediacms.io and click on the "Download" button. This will download a ZIP file containing the latest release of MediaCMS.

Alternatively, you can use the following command to download MediaCMS from your terminal:

wget https://github.com/MediaCMS/MediaCMS/archive/master.zip

Once the ZIP file has been downloaded, extract its contents using the following command:

unzip master.zip

Step 2: Configure Apache

Before we can deploy MediaCMS, we need to configure Apache to serve files from the MediaCMS directory. To do this, we need to create a new virtual host configuration file for Apache.

1. Create a new virtual host configuration file using nano:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/mediacms.conf

2. Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/mediacms
    <Directory /path/to/mediacms>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mediacms_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mediacms_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace "yourdomain.com" with your own domain name and replace "/path/to/mediacms" with the path to the directory where you extracted MediaCMS.

3. Save the file by pressing "Ctrl+O" and then exit nano by pressing "Ctrl+X".

4. Restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database

MediaCMS requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. To create a new database, follow these steps:

1. Open the MySQL command-line tool using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

2. Once you are prompted for a password, enter your MySQL root password.

3. Create a new database using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE mediacms;

4. Create a new user and grant them permission to access the database using the following commands:

CREATE USER 'mediacms'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mediacms.* TO 'mediacms'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace "yourpassword" with a strong password of your choice.

5. Exit the MySQL command-line tool by typing "exit" and pressing "Enter".

Step 4: Install MediaCMS

Now that the prerequisites are installed and configured, we can proceed with the installation of MediaCMS.

1. Move the extracted MediaCMS directory to the Apache document root using the following command:

sudo mv MediaCMS-master /path/to/mediacms

2. Change the ownership of the MediaCMS directory to the Apache user using the following command:

sudo chown -R http:http /path/to/mediacms

3. Rename the "settings.php.example" file to "settings.php" using the following command:

cd /path/to/mediacms
cp settings.php.example settings.php

4. Open the "settings.php" file using a text editor:

sudo nano /path/to/mediacms/settings.php

5. Edit the following settings to match your MySQL configuration:

$cfg['db_host']   = 'localhost';
$cfg['db_name']   = 'mediacms';
$cfg['db_user']   = 'mediacms';
$cfg['db_passwd'] = 'yourpassword';

Replace "yourpassword" with the password you set for the "mediacms" user in Step 3.

Step 5: Finalize the Installation

We are now ready to finalize the installation of MediaCMS.

1. Open your web browser and navigate to your domain name (or IP address) to access MediaCMS:

http://yourdomain.com/

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed MediaCMS on Manjaro Linux.

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