Dotclear is an open-source blogging platform that allows you to create and manage your blogs easily. NixOS is a Linux distribution that focuses on system configuration management and provides a reliable package manager called Nix. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Dotclear on NixOS Latest.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following requirements satisfied:
First, we need to install PHP and its required packages by running the following command:
$ sudo nix-env -iA nixos.php
Dotclear requires a database to store its data. We will use MariaDB, a popular open-source database, to store the data.
Run the following commands to install MariaDB and configure it:
$ sudo nix-env -iA nixos.mariadb
$ sudo systemctl start mariadb
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to secure the MySQL installation.
Next, create a new MariaDB user and database for Dotclear by running the following commands:
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
# create database and user
MariaDB> CREATE DATABASE dotclear;
MariaDB> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dotclear.* TO 'dotclearuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
# exit the shell
MariaDB> exit
Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password.
Next, download the latest version of Dotclear from the official website using the following command:
$ wget https://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
$ tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
Move the extracted files to the web server's document root directory (usually /var/www/):
$ sudo mv dotclear* /var/www/
In this step, we will configure Dotclear to use the MariaDB database we created earlier.
First, create a new configuration file for Dotclear by running the following command:
$ sudo cp /var/www/dotclear/.htaccess-dist /var/www/dotclear/.htaccess
Next, make the following changes to the .htaccess file:
# uncomment the following lines
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ index.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [QSA]
# change the following lines
RewriteRule ^(install).*$ dotclear/install/install.php [L,QSA]
# to
RewriteRule ^((install|dbupdate).(php|sql)).*$ dotclear/install/install.php [L,QSA]
# configure the database
RewriteRule ^$ index.php [E=DATABASE_NAME:dotclear,E=DATABASE_HOST:localhost,E=DATABASE_USER:dotclearuser,E=DATABASE_PASSWORD:password,QSA,L]
Make sure to replace 'password' with the password you set earlier during the MariaDB configuration.
In this step, we will configure the web server (Apache or Nginx) to serve the Dotclear application.
If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file for your domain name:
$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mydomain.com
ServerAlias www.mydomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/dotclear/
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/mydomain.com-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/mydomain.com-access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/dotclear/>
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the virtual host configuration by running the following command:
$ sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com.conf /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/mydomain.com.conf
Finally, restart the Apache web server by running the following command:
$ sudo systemctl restart httpd
If you are using Nginx, create a new server block configuration file for your domain name:
$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mydomain.com.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;
root /var/www/dotclear/;
index index.php;
access_log /var/log/nginx/mydomain.com-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/mydomain.com-error.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the server block configuration by running the following command:
$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mydomain.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/mydomain.com.conf
Finally, restart the Nginx web server by running the following command:
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Dotclear on NixOS Latest. Now, you can access Dotclear by visiting the domain name you configured in a web browser. You should see the Dotclear installation page. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Dotclear on NixOS Latest. We hope this tutorial was helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below.
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