Backdrop CMS is a free, open-source CMS that is designed to make website development easier. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Backdrop CMS on Ubuntu Server. The following steps will guide you through the installation process:
Before you can install Backdrop CMS, you need to update your Ubuntu server to ensure that you have the latest software packages installed. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Backdrop CMS requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack to run. You can install LAMP stack by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server mysql-client php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php -y
Next, you need to create a MySQL database for Backdrop CMS. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
You will be prompted to enter your MySQL root password. Once you have entered your MySQL password, you can create a new database for Backdrop CMS by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE backdropdb;
You can replace "backdropdb" with any database name of your choice.
Next, download Backdrop CMS by running the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.19.0/backdrop.zip
Note: Replace "1.19.0" with the latest version of Backdrop CMS.
Once you have downloaded Backdrop CMS, extract it by running the following command:
sudo unzip backdrop.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, you need to change the file permissions of the Backdrop CMS directory by running the following commands:
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/backdrop -R
sudo chmod 755 /var/www/html/backdrop -R
To host Backdrop CMS on Apache, you need to configure it by creating a new virtual host. You can do this by creating a new configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/backdrop.conf
Paste the following configuration code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
ServerName your_domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/backdrop
<Directory /var/www/html/backdrop>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Note: Replace "admin@example.com" with your email address and "your_domain.com" with your domain name.
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the new virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite backdrop.conf
Finally, restart Apache by running the following command:
sudo service apache2 restart
Open your web browser and go to http://your_domain.com/install.php to install Backdrop CMS.
Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation process.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to Backdrop CMS by going to http://your_domain.com/user/login.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Backdrop CMS on Ubuntu Server.
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