How to Install Bolt CMS on macOS

Bolt CMS is a lightweight and flexible content management system that can be easily installed on macOS. Follow the steps below to install Bolt CMS on your macOS device.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A macOS device with administrative privileges
• A web server (e.g., MAMP, XAMPP, etc.) installed on your macOS device
• PHP (version 7.1 or higher) installed on your macOS device
• MySQL (version 5.5 or higher) installed on your macOS device

Step 1: Download Bolt CMS

Visit the Bolt CMS website https://boltcms.io/download and download the latest version of Bolt CMS.

Step 2: Extract the Bolt CMS Archive

Extract the downloaded Bolt CMS archive to the root directory of your web server. You can do this by double-clicking the archive file and dragging the contents to the appropriate directory.

Step 3: Configure Bolt CMS

• Rename the .env.dist file to .env and open it in a text editor.
• Uncomment the DATABASE_URL line and replace the <db_name>, <db_user>, and <db_password> placeholders with the details of your MySQL server.
• Save the .env file.

Step 4: Install Bolt CMS

• Open a terminal window and navigate to the root directory of Bolt CMS.
• Run the following command to install Bolt CMS:

php app/nut setup:sync

• When prompted, enter an administrator username, email address, and password.
• Wait for the installation process to complete.

Step 5: Access Bolt CMS

Open your web browser and navigate to the URL of your Bolt CMS installation (e.g., http://localhost/bolt/). You should see the Bolt CMS welcome page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Bolt CMS on macOS. You can now start creating your website using Bolt CMS.

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