Concrete5 is a powerful and flexible CMS built on top of the PHP language. It is an open-source platform that allows users to build websites and web applications quickly and easily. Installing Concrete5 on NixOS is a straightforward process and can be done in just a few steps. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Concrete5 CMS on NixOS.
Before installing Concrete5 on NixOS, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
To start the installation process, download the latest version of Concrete5 from the official website. The download link is https://www.concretecms.com/developers/downloads.
$ curl -LO https://www.concretecms.com/download_file/22740/0/
After downloading the Concrete5 archive, extract it to a directory of your choice, for example, /var/www/concrete5. You can use the following command to extract the archive:
$ sudo tar xzf concrete5-version.zip -C /var/www/
Make sure to replace version with the version number of the Concrete5 application.
Now that the Concrete5 application is downloaded and extracted, you need to configure the web server to serve the application. Create a virtual host file for the Concrete5 site in your web server's configuration directory. In the following example, we will use NGINX as the web server.
Create a new file named concrete5.conf in the NGINX configuration directory, /etc/nginx/conf.d/.
$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/concrete5.conf
Copy and paste the following configuration into the file.
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
root /var/www/concrete5;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Make sure to replace example.com with your domain name and adjust other configuration options based on your requirements.
Save and close the file.
Concrete5 requires a database to store its data. Create a new database for Concrete5 using your preferred method. In this example, we will use the MySQL server.
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE concrete5db;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON concrete5db.* TO 'concrete5user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Replace the database name, username, and password with your own.
Now that everything is set up correctly, use the browser to navigate to the Concrete5 installation wizard. For example, if your domain name is example.com, navigate to http://example.com/index.php/installer/.
Follow the installation wizard steps and enter the necessary configuration details such as site name, admin email, and password. For the database settings, enter the database name, username, and password you created in step 4.
Once the installation is complete, remove the install directory from the Concrete5 installation directory.
$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/concrete5/install/
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Concrete5 CMS on NixOS latest. After following the above steps, you should have a fully functional Concrete5 installation up and running on your NixOS server.
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