WinterCMS is a popular CMS (Content Management System) used for creating and managing websites. If you are using OpenSUSE latest and want to install WinterCMS on it, this tutorial will guide you through the installation process.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first thing you need to do is download the latest version of WinterCMS from the official website: https://wintercms.com/download
Download the file and extract the contents to the /var/www/ directory.
sudo tar -xzvf ~/Downloads/WinterCMS-latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/
After extracting the files, you should see a new directory called winter. This is the root directory of your WinterCMS installation.
WinterCMS requires a database to store all the website data. You can use any MySQL server for this purpose.
Log in to the MySQL server and create a new database for WinterCMS:
CREATE DATABASE wintercms;
Next, create a new user and grant full access to the database:
CREATE USER 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wintercms.* TO 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace PASSWORD with a strong password for your WinterCMS user.
To run WinterCMS, you need to configure Apache to serve the website.
Create a new Apache virtual host file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/winter.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName winter.local
DocumentRoot /var/www/winter
<Directory /var/www/winter>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Enable the virtual host:
sudo a2ensite winter.conf
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your favorite web browser and navigate to http://winter.local. You should see the WinterCMS installation screen.
Follow the instructions on the screen to install WinterCMS. When prompted, enter the database information you created in Step 2.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the WinterCMS admin panel at http://winter.local/backend.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WinterCMS on OpenSUSE Latest.
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