How to Install Bolt CMS on NetBSD

Bolt CMS is a modern and flexible content management system that is popular among web developers. If you are a NetBSD user and want to install Bolt CMS on NetBSD, then you have come to the right place. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Bolt CMS on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A working installation of NetBSD
• Shell access to your NetBSD system with root privileges
• A web server installed and configured on NetBSD (e.g. Apache or Nginx)

Steps

1. To begin, open a terminal window on your NetBSD system and log in as the root user.

2. Install PHP 7 and its required extensions using the following command:

   pkgin install php-7 php-7-gd php-7-opcache php-7-pdo_mysql php-7-pdo_pgsql php-7-xmlrpc php-7-zip
   

3. Install the Bolt CMS command-line tool using Composer. If you don't have Composer installed on your system, you can install it by running pkgin install composer.

   composer global require bolt/cli
   

   This will install the Bolt CLI tool globally on your system.

4. Create a new directory for your Bolt CMS installation. For example, you can create a directory called bolt in the root directory of your web server:

   mkdir /var/www/htdocs/bolt
   

5. Change the ownership of the bolt directory to your web server user:

   chown -R www:www /var/www/htdocs/bolt
   

6. Create a new virtual host configuration file for your Bolt CMS site. For example, if you are using Apache, you can create a file called bolt.conf in the /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf.d/ directory:

   nano /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf.d/bolt.conf
   

   In this file, add the following virtual host configuration:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName your-domain.com
     ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/bolt/public
   
     <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/bolt/public">
       AllowOverride All
       Order Allow,Deny
       Allow from all
       Require all granted
     </Directory>
   
     ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/bolt-error.log"
     CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/bolt-access.log" combined
   </VirtualHost>
   

   Make sure to replace your-domain.com with your own domain name.

7. Save and close the file.

8. Restart your web server to apply the changes:

   service httpd restart
   

9. Open a web browser and navigate to your Bolt CMS site using your domain name as the URL. For example, http://your-domain.com. You should see the Bolt CMS installation page.

10. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Bolt CMS on your NetBSD system.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bolt CMS on NetBSD. Now you can start creating content for your website using the Bolt CMS admin panel.

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