MediaCMS is a self-hosted media platform that allows you to manage, organize, and share your photos, videos, and other media files. It is an open-source software that runs on PHP and MySQL. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing MediaCMS on macOS.
Before we dive into the installation process, make sure that you have the following requirements:
Go to the MediaCMS website and download the latest version of the software.
https://mediacms.io/downloads
Unzip the downloaded file and move the folder to your working directory.
Open MySQL terminal and create a new database for MediaCMS.
CREATE DATABASE mediadb;
Create a new user with full privileges on this database.
CREATE USER 'mediauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mediapassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mediadb.* TO 'mediauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
You need to configure Apache to serve the MediaCMS files from your working directory. To do this, open the httpd.conf file located at /etc/apache2/ and add the following lines:
<Directory "/path/to/your/working/directory">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Change the "/path/to/your/working/directory" with the path of the folder where you have unzipped MediaCMS.
Next, you need to enable PHP and add the extension to Apache. Open the php.ini file located at /etc/ and uncomment the following lines:
extension=mysqli
extension=pdo_mysql
Save it and restart Apache.
sudo apachectl restart
Go to the MediaCMS folder in your working directory and install the dependencies using Composer.
composer install
Copy the "configuration.example.php" file located in the root folder of MediaCMS and rename it to "configuration.php". Open the file and modify the database settings with your MySQL database details.
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'mediadb');
define('DB_USER', 'mediauser');
define('DB_PASS', 'mediapassword');
Save the file and open your browser. Type the following URL to access MediaCMS:
http://localhost/path/to/your/working/directory/
That's it! You have successfully installed MediaCMS on your macOS machine. You can now upload and manage your media files.
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