In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Drupal on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before installing Drupal, you will need the following:
Before installing Drupal, you need to make sure that your server is up-to-date and that you have installed LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack on your Ubuntu server. You can use the following command to install the LAMP stack on your Ubuntu server:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
After installing LAMP stack, we now need to install some additional packages required for Drupal to work correctly. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get install php-gd php-xml php-mbstring unzip
We will now create a new MySQL/MariaDB database for our Drupal installation. Use the following command to log in to MySQL/MariaDB:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your password when prompted.
Create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE drupal;
Create a new user for the Drupal database:
CREATE USER 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
Replace password with your desired password.
Grant privileges to the Drupal user over the database:
GRANT ALL ON drupal.* TO 'drupaluser'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges to apply the changes:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL/MariaDB console by running:
exit
We will now download and install Drupal on Ubuntu server.
First, download the latest version of Drupal from their official website:
wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file:
tar -zxvf tar.gz
Move the Drupal directory to your web server's document root directory:
sudo mv drupal-x.x.x /var/www/html/drupal
Changing the ownership of the Drupal directory to www-data user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/drupal
Open your web browser and type your server's IP address in the address bar. You should see Drupal installation screen. The first page on the wizard screen will ask you to choose your preferred installation language. Select your preferred language and click on the "Save and continue" button.
On the next page, Drupal will check if all the necessary extensions and modules are enabled on your server. If everything is okay, click on the "Save and continue" button to continue with the installation.
The next page will ask you to set up the database connection. Select "MySQL, MariaDB, or equivalent" and enter the database name, the username, and password that we created in Step 3, and leave the hostname as localhost.
Click on "Save and continue" to proceed with the installation process.
On the next page, you will be asked to choose the installation profile. You can choose the "Standard" installation profile and click on "Save and continue."
The next page will ask you to configure some basic settings such as site name, email address, and user account details. Fill out these details and click on "Save and continue."
After completing the installation, you will see a message that Drupal has been successfully installed. Click on the "Visit your new site" button to view your new Drupal website.
In this tutorial, we have successfully set up Drupal on Ubuntu server. You can now customize your website by creating new content, themes, and modules. Congratulations on making it this far!
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