Neos is a modern and powerful content management system that allows you to build complex websites and applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Neos on POP! OS latest.
Before you start installing Neos, it's essential to update your system to ensure that you have the latest packages installed. Run the following command in the terminal to update your system:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Neos requires an Apache web server, MySQL database server, and PHP. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql php-gd php-xml -y
Composer is a popular PHP package manager that we will need to install Neos. Run the following command to install Composer:
sudo apt install curl php-cli unzip -y
Now, download the Composer installation script using the following command:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
Then, verify the installer's SHA-384 hash to ensure its authenticity:
HASH=`curl -sS https://composer.github.io/installer.sig`
echo $HASH | shasum -a 384 composer-setup.php
The output should match the following value:
0e11533020776b4cabb19f433205f1c7106beb2e21ed089ed421bef1976cab38efdb1497a79a9a82f6c5d994beef835
Finally, run the command to install Composer globally:
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now, create a directory for Neos and navigate to it:
sudo mkdir /var/www/neos
cd /var/www/neos
Then, use the Composer to install Neos:
sudo composer create-project neos/neos-base-distribution .
This command will download Neos and all its dependencies.
Next, set the correct file permissions:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/neos
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/neos
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Neos:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/neos.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/neos/Web
ServerName example.com # replace with your domain name
ServerAlias www.example.com # replace with your domain name
<Directory /var/www/neos/Web>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Then, enable the new virtual host configuration and restart Apache:
sudo a2ensite neos.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to http://example.com/setup. Replace example.com with your domain name.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Neos installation.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Neos on POP! OS latest!
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