MediaCMS is a free and open-source content management system that allows you to store, manage, and publish different types of media content like photos, videos, and documents. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install MediaCMS on POP! OS (latest version).
Before we get started with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your POP! OS system:
We will assume that you already have the LEMP stack installed on your system. If not, follow our tutorial on installing LEMP stack on POP! OS (link).
First, let's install Git and Composer dependency manager on your POP! OS system using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git composer
If you already have Git and Composer installed, you can skip this step.
Next, we need to clone the MediaCMS repository to our server. You can clone it to any directory on your server, but we recommend cloning it to the Nginx webroot directory. Run the following commands to clone the repository:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms.git
Once the repository has been cloned, we need to install the required dependencies for MediaCMS to work. Run the following commands to navigate to the MediaCMS directory and install the dependencies:
cd mediacms
sudo composer install
Composer will start downloading and installing the required libraries for MediaCMS.
Next, we need to import the database schema to MySQL. MediaCMS provides a sample database schema that we can use to get started. Run the following command to import the database schema:
sudo mysql -u root -p < /var/www/html/mediacms/database/mediacms.sql
You will be prompted to enter the MySQL root password. Once done, the database should be imported successfully.
Now we need to configure Nginx to serve MediaCMS. Create a new Nginx virtual host configuration file for MediaCMS using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mediacms
Paste the following code into the file:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /var/www/html/mediacms/public;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name example.com;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace example.com with your own domain name. Save and close the file.
Next, create a symbolic link to the site configuration in the sites-enabled directory:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mediacms /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Check the Nginx configuration syntax for errors:
sudo nginx -t
If there are no errors, reload Nginx for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Finally, we need to configure the database settings for MediaCMS. Open the .env file inside the MediaCMS directory using the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/mediacms/.env
Find the following lines and replace the values with your own:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=mediacms
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
Save and close the file.
That's it! MediaCMS has been successfully installed on your POP! OS system. You can now access MediaCMS by visiting http://yourdomain.com in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install MediaCMS on POP! OS. Now you are ready to start using MediaCMS to manage your media content!
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