How to Install Directus on POP! OS Latest

Directus is a headless CMS and API solution that allows developers to manage their content and data separately from their frontend applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Directus on POP! OS latest version.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• POP! OS latest version is installed
• Terminal access with sudo privileges
• Web server (e.g. Apache or Nginx)
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• MySQL or MariaDB database

Step 1: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that allows you to easily install and manage libraries and packages. To install Composer, run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl php-cli php-mbstring git unzip
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Verify that you have installed Composer correctly by running the following command:

composer --version

Step 2: Install Directus

To install Directus, run the following commands in your terminal:

cd /var/www/html
composer create-project directus/directus directus ^8.0 --prefer-dist --no-dev

This will create a new Directus project in the /var/www/html/directus directory.

Step 3: Configure MySQL

Create a new database for Directus using the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE directusDB;
CREATE USER 'directususer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON directusDB.* TO 'directususer'@'localhost';
EXIT;

Make sure to replace directusDB, directususer, and password with your desired names and values.

Step 4: Configure Directus

Next, you need to configure Directus to use the MySQL database. Navigate to the /var/www/html/directus directory and run the following command:

cp .env.example .env

Open the .env file in a text editor and modify the following lines:

DB_CLIENT=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_NAME=directusDB
DB_USER=directususer
DB_PASSWORD=password

Save the file and exit the text editor.

Step 5: Set Up Web Server

The final step is to set up a web server to serve the Directus application. If you haven't already, install your preferred web server (e.g. Apache or Nginx) and PHP.

For Apache, you can use the following configurations:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/directus/public
    ServerName example.com
    <Directory /var/www/html/directus>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

For Nginx, use the following configurations:

server {
    root /var/www/html/directus/public;
    index index.php;

    server_name example.com;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
    }
}

Restart your web server for the changes to take effect:

sudo service apache2 restart

or

sudo service nginx restart

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed Directus on your POP! OS latest version. You can access the Directus dashboard by visiting http://your-domain-name/admin.

Please note that this tutorial covers only the basic installation of Directus. For further customization and advanced configurations, refer to the official Directus documentation.

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