BigTree CMS is a popular open-source content management system that can be installed on Ubuntu Server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install BigTree CMS on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before installing any software, it is a good idea to update the Ubuntu package list and software repository:
sudo apt-get update
Next, you need to install essential packages that are required to run BigTree CMS.
sudo apt-get install php-cli php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-dom php-zip php-mysql unzip
BigTree CMS requires a MySQL database server to store its data. You can install the MySQL server by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL.
Next, you need to create a MySQL database and user for BigTree CMS. You can do this by running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE bigtree;
CREATE USER 'bigtreeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bigtree.* TO 'bigtreeuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Make sure to replace password with a strong password of your choice.
You can download the latest version of BigTree CMS from the official website. Once downloaded, extract the contents of the ZIP archive into the directory where you want to install BigTree CMS.
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://www.bigtreecms.org/assets/releases/bigtree_4.4.13.zip
sudo unzip bigtree_4.4.13.zip
sudo mv bigtree_4.4.13 bigtree/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data bigtree/
In order to configure BigTree CMS, you need to copy the sample configuration file to config.php:
cd /var/www/html/bigtree
sudo cp system/configuration/default.config.php config.php
Next, you need to edit config.php and modify the database configuration settings:
sudo nano config.php
Locate the following lines:
// Database Settings
$config['database']['mysql'] = array(
"host" => "localhost",
"port" => "3306",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "",
"database" => "bigtree"
);
Change the values to match your database configuration:
// Database Settings
$config['database']['mysql'] = array(
"host" => "localhost",
"port" => "3306",
"username" => "bigtreeuser",
"password" => "password",
"database" => "bigtree"
);
Save and close the file using Ctrl+X.
Next, you need to configure your web server to serve the BigTree CMS files. Here, we will show you how to do this with Apache and NGINX.
For Apache, you can create a virtual host file for BigTree CMS by creating a new file called bigtree.conf in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/bigtree.conf
Paste the following configuration into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bigtree
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/bigtree>
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>
Be sure to replace example.com with your own domain name.
Next, you need to enable the virtual host and restart Apache:
sudo a2ensite bigtree.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
For NGINX, you can create a virtual host file for BigTree CMS by creating a new file called bigtree in the /etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigtree
Paste the following configuration into the file:
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www/html/bigtree;
index index.php;
server_name example.com;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
}
Be sure to replace example.com with your own domain name.
Next, you need to enable the virtual host and restart NGINX:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigtree /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx
You can now access the BigTree CMS installation by visiting your domain name in a web browser. The installation wizard will guide you through the process of setting up the CMS.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed BigTree CMS on Ubuntu Server Latest.
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