How to Install Umbraco on Manjaro

Umbraco is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage websites. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Umbraco on the Manjaro Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before installing Umbraco, you need to make sure you have the following:

• A Manjaro Linux distribution running
• Administrator access to your Linux machine
• A web server (Apache, Nginx) installed
• PHP 7.2 or higher installed
• Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL Server installed on your system
• A text editor, such as Nano or Vim

Step 1: Download Umbraco

Firstly, you will need to download the latest version of Umbraco from their official website. You can use the following commands to download Umbraco using the wget command:

$ wget https://our.umbraco.com/versions/latest.zip

Alternatively, you can download the package via your web browser and extract it to your desired location.

Step 2: Extract Umbraco

Once you have downloaded the Umbraco package, you will need to extract it to your web server directory. For example, if you are using Apache, you can extract the package to /var/www/html/.

$ sudo unzip latest.zip -d /var/www/html/

Step 3: Configure Your Web Server

You will now need to configure your web server to serve Umbraco. If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host file with the following contents. Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name or IP address.

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/umbraco.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/latest
    <Directory /var/www/html/latest>
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/yourdomain.com-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/yourdomain.com-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and exit the file.

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

If your web server is Nginx, you can create a new server block with the following content:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com.conf

server {
    listen        80;
    server_name   yourdomain.com;
    root          /var/www/html/latest;
    index         index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO       $fastcgi_path_info;
        fastcgi_pass  unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
    }

    access_log /var/log/nginx/yourdomain.com_access.log;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/yourdomain.com_error.log;
}

Save and exit the file.

Enable the site and relaunch Nginx for the changes to take effect.

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Step 4: Create a Database for Umbraco

Umbraco requires a database to store its data. You can create a new database using either MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server.

For MySQL

Log in to the MySQL server as the root user.

$ mysql -u root -p

Create a new database for Umbraco and grant the required privileges:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE umbraco;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON umbraco.* TO 'umbraco'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

For Microsoft SQL Server

You can download and install Microsoft SQL Server for Linux. For the installation instructions, check out the official Microsoft SQL Server installation guide.

Once you have installed Microsoft SQL Server, you can create a new database by using the following command:

$ sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA
> CREATE DATABASE umbraco
> GO
> EXIT

Step 5: Install Umbraco

In this step, we will run the Umbraco installer and configure it.

Open your web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/.

You should see the Umbraco installation wizard. Follow the prompts and enter the required information, such as server details, database connection details, and administrator credentials.

Once you have completed the installation, Umbraco will be ready to use. To access your new Umbraco site, navigate to http://yourdomain.com/umbraco.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have walked through the steps to install Umbraco on Manjaro Linux. We have covered the prerequisites, downloading and extracting Umbraco, configuring your web server, creating a database, and installing Umbraco. You can now use Umbraco to create and manage your website.

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