MediaCMS is a popular open source content management system that allows users to create, manage and distribute multimedia content across various platforms. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MediaCMS on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before you begin, you must ensure that you have the following:
To start, connect to your Ubuntu server using SSH and update the system packages by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
These commands will update the package lists and install the latest available updates on your system.
MediaCMS requires some additional packages to be installed on your server, including Apache, PHP, and MariaDB. To install the necessary packages, run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php -y
This command will install all the required packages, including the MariaDB database server, Apache web server, and PHP with necessary modules.
MediaCMS requires a database to store its data. Let's create a database and user for MediaCMS on the MariaDB server:
Log in to the MariaDB server as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted.
Create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE media;
GRANT ALL ON media.* TO 'mediauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
These commands will create a new database named media and a new user named mediauser with the password password. Make sure to replace these values with actual values.
Exit MySQL by typing:
exit
Now that you have set up the database, it's time to install MediaCMS. Here are the steps to install MediaCMS on your Ubuntu server:
Firstly, download the latest version of MediaCMS from the official website:
wget https://mediacms.io/releases/latest.tar.gz
Unzip the downloaded file:
tar -xvf latest.tar.gz
Next, move the extracted mediacms folder to your website's document root directory:
sudo mv mediacms /var/www/html/
Set the correct permissions for the web server to access the files:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mediacms/
Finally, create a new virtual host configuration file for Apache:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mediacms.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mediacms
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/mediacms/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, followed by Y.
Enable the new virtual host:
sudo a2ensite mediacms.conf
Restart the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
The last step is to set up MediaCMS:
Open your web browser and navigate to your server's domain name or IP address, in this format:
http://example.com/install/
You should see the installation page of MediaCMS. Follow the instructions to set up your site.
When prompted for the database details, use the following values:
medialocalhostmediauserpasswordReplace mediauser and password with the values you created in Step 3.
Once the setup is complete, log in to the MediaCMS admin panel:
http://example.com/admin/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MediaCMS on your Ubuntu Server.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install MediaCMS on your Ubuntu Server Latest using Apache, PHP, and MariaDB. We also went through the steps to set up the database and configure Apache for MediaCMS. Now you can start creating multimedia content and publishing it on different platforms. If you face any issues while following the tutorial, please let us know in the comments.
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