Pagekit is a modern and lightweight content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Pagekit on POP! OS Latest.
Before you start installing Pagekit, make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
To get started, download the latest version of Pagekit from https://pagekit.com/download. You can choose either the ZIP or TAR.GZ format.
After downloading, extract the Pagekit archive to your document root directory. For example, if you are using Apache, the document root directory is usually located at /var/www/html/.
$ cd /var/www/html/
$ sudo tar xvzf pagekit-1.0.18.tar.gz
$ sudo mv pagekit-1.0.18 pagekit
To allow Pagekit to write files and folders, you need to change ownership and permissions of the Pagekit directory. Run the following commands to change ownership and permissions:
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pagekit/
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pagekit/
Pagekit uses a database to store its data. You need to create a database and a database user for Pagekit to access the database. Run the following commands to create a database and grant privileges to a user:
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE pagekit;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pagekit.* TO 'pagekituser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Replace pagekituser and yourpassword with your desired username and password, respectively.
If you are using Apache, you need to configure it to serve Pagekit content.
Create a new virtual host configuration file under the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory with the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/pagekit/
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/pagekit/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name or IP address.
Enable the virtual host and the rewrite module by running the following commands:
$ sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com.conf
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com. You should see the Pagekit installation page. Follow the instructions to install Pagekit.
In the database configuration step, enter the database name, database user, and password that you created earlier.
In the website configuration step, enter your website name, administrator username, and password.
After installation, delete the install.php and install_files directories to improve security:
$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/pagekit/install.php
$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/pagekit/install_files
That's it! You have successfully installed Pagekit on POP! OS Latest. You can now start creating and managing your website using Pagekit.
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