Concrete 5 CMS is a popular content management system used by many website developers. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Concrete 5 CMS on Void Linux.
Before we proceed to the installation process, we need to make sure that our Void Linux system meets the following requirements:
Now, let's start with the installation process of Concrete 5 CMS on Void Linux:
Open your terminal and update your system by running the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Suy
Next, we need to install the required dependencies for Concrete 5 CMS. These dependencies are Apache, PHP, and MariaDB. To install these packages, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo xbps-install -Sy apache php php-fpm php-mysql mariadb
Once the installation of dependencies is done successfully, we will now create a new database and user for Concrete 5 CMS. To do this, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
This command will open the MySQL command-line interface.
Now, create a new database and user by entering the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE concrete5;
CREATE USER 'concrete5user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON concrete5.* TO 'concrete5user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Make sure to replace 'your_password' with a strong and secure MySQL password.
Download the latest version of Concrete 5 CMS from https://www.concretecms.com. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded files to the desired location on your system. In this tutorial, we will extract the files to the "/var/www/html" directory. To extract the files, use the following command:
sudo unzip concrete5-8.5.5.zip -d /var/www/html/
Now, we need to set the correct ownership and permissions for the files and directories. Use the following command to change the ownership of the Concrete 5 CMS directory and all its contents to the 'www-data' user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/concrete5
To access the Concrete 5 CMS installation wizard, open your web browser and enter the server IP address followed by '/concrete5' in the address bar. For example, if your server IP address is 192.168.1.100, enter the following address:
http://192.168.1.100/concrete5
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted, enter your MySQL database name, username, and password that you created earlier.
Finally, restart the Apache and MariaDB services to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
sudo systemctl restart mariadb
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Concrete 5 CMS on Void Linux. You can now log in to the Concrete 5 CMS dashboard and start creating your website.
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