In this tutorial, we're going to learn how to install Minimalist Online Markdown Editor on Ubuntu Server Latest. This software allows you to write and edit Markdown files in your web browser.
Before we start the installation, let's make sure that we have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update the system packages to the latest versions. Open the terminal and type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
To run Minimalist Online Markdown Editor, we need to install a web server. Apache2 is one of the most popular web servers, so we'll use it. Type the following command to install Apache2:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once the installation is complete, let's start the Apache2 web server and enable it to start automatically on system boot:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
Minimalist Online Markdown Editor is built using PHP, so we need to install PHP and its related modules. Type the following command:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-curl php-json php-mbstring php-xml php-zip
Once the installation is complete, let's restart the Apache2 web server:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
The next step is to download the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor from its official website:
sudo mkdir /var/www/markdown
cd /var/www/markdown
sudo wget https://markdown.pioul.fr/markdown-1.4.zip
sudo unzip markdown-1.4.zip
Then, we need to make sure that the web server has permission to access the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor directory by changing its ownership:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/markdown
Now that we have installed Apache2 web server, PHP and the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor, we need to configure a virtual host to access the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor from our web browser.
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file under /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory and name it markdown.conf:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/markdown.conf
Add the following lines to the markdown.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/markdown
<Directory /var/www/markdown/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/markdown_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/markdown_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Then, enable the virtual host by typing the following command:
sudo a2ensite markdown.conf
And, disable the default Apache virtual host:
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Finally, let's restart the Apache2 web server:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, we have installed and configured the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor on our Ubuntu Server Latest machine. Open your web browser and access the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor by typing http://localhost. You should see the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor login page.
Login using the default username and password:
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and configure the Minimalist Online Markdown Editor on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now write and edit Markdown files in your web browser.
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