How to install Chyrp Lite on NixOS Latest

Chyrp Lite is a lightweight and easy-to-use blogging platform. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the steps to install Chyrp Lite on the latest version of NixOS.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have the following:

• A NixOS Latest installation
• A web server (e.g. Apache or Nginx)
• PHP installed and configured on your server
• A MySQL or MariaDB database

Step 1: Download Chyrp Lite

$ cd /var/www/
$ wget https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ mv chyrp-lite-master chyrp-lite

Before you start the installation process, make sure that the directory ownership is set to the web server user/group.

$ chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/chyrp-lite/

Step 2: Configure the Database

Create a new MySQL/MariaDB database and a user for Chyrp Lite.

$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE chyrp;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON chyrp.* TO 'chyrpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Make sure to replace chyrpuser and password with your desired username and password.

Step 3: Install dependencies

Chyrp Lite requires some PHP extensions to function properly. To install them, open up the php.ini file and uncomment or add the following lines:

extension=gd.so
extension=pdo_mysql.so
extension=mbstring.so
extension=mysqli.so

Then restart the PHP service:

$ sudo systemctl restart php-fpm

Step 4: Configure Nginx/Apache

Create a new server block in your Nginx/Apache configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/chyrp-lite.conf

Add the following code:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /var/www/chyrp-lite;

    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Make sure to replace example.com with your domain name.

Enable the server block by creating a symbolic link:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/chyrp-lite.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Reload the Nginx service:

$ sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: Install Chyrp Lite

Open up your web browser and go to http://example.com/, where example.com is your domain name. The Chyrp Lite installation page should appear.

Follow the installation wizard by providing the database details and creating an admin account.

Step 6: Finish the Installation

Once the installation is complete, make sure to remove the installation directory from your server:

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/chyrp-lite/install

You're done! You can now start creating your own blog with Chyrp Lite.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked you through the steps to install Chyrp Lite on NixOS Latest. We hope this guide was helpful and you can now start creating your own blog with this lightweight and easy-to-use platform.

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