WinterCMS is a popular and powerful content management system built on the Laravel framework. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install WinterCMS on the latest version of POP! OS, a Linux-based operating system.
Before we start, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
If you are not already connected to your server, open a terminal on your local machine and run the following command:
ssh username@your_server_ip
Enter your remote user’s password and press Enter.
Ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
WinterCMS requires some dependencies to be installed on the system. Use the following commands to install these dependencies:
sudo apt install apache2 composer git curl php php-{cli,mysql,bcmath,curl,mbstring,gd,xml,fpm,intl,zip}
WinterCMS requires a database backend to store its data. Install MySQL using the following command:
sudo apt install mysql-server
Start MySQL service and enable it to start on boot:
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql
Run the secure installation script to secure the MySQL installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen prompts to configure the root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root user login remotely, and remove test databases.
Create a database and user for WinterCMS using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE wintercms;
CREATE USER 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YourSecurePassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wintercms.* TO 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Now, we will download the WinterCMS source code and install it on our system.
Clone the WinterCMS source code from GitHub using the following command:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/wintercms/winter.git
Change the ownership of the WinterCMS directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/winter
Change the directory to the WinterCMS root directory and install the dependencies using the Composer:
cd /var/www/html/winter
sudo -u www-data composer install --no-dev -o
Create the .env file from the example:
sudo cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file and modify the following variables:
APP_URL=http://your_domain_or_IP_address
DB_DATABASE=wintercms
DB_USERNAME=wintercmsuser
DB_PASSWORD=YourSecurePassword
Finally, generate the application key using the following command:
sudo -u www-data php artisan key:generate
In this step, we will configure Apache to serve WinterCMS.
Create an Apache VirtualHost file for your domain:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/winter.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/winter/public
ServerName your_domain_or_IP_address
<Directory /var/www/html/winter>
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/winter_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/winter_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Now, enable the VirtualHost file and Apache rewrite module:
sudo a2ensite winter.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart the Apache web service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
WinterCMS should be installed on your system, and now you should be able to access the installation wizard through your web browser.
Navigate to the domain name or IP address of your server in your web browser followed by '/installer' (e.g., http://your_domain_or_IP_address/installer).
Follow the installation wizard prompts to configure the application, and when the installation is completed, you will be redirected to the WinterCMS dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WinterCMS on your POP! OS system. You can now start building beautiful websites using WinterCMS. Ensure to keep your system and WinterCMS installation up-to-date for enhanced security.
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