Before starting the installation of Joomla!, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update the system to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command:
nixos-rebuild switch
This will rebuild the system and bring it up to date.
Next, you need to install a web server to host your Joomla! website. Nginx and Apache are popular choices. Here, we will install Nginx using the following command:
nix-env -i nginx
Joomla! requires a database to store its data. We will use MySQL or MariaDB for this purpose. You can install either of them using the following command:
nix-env -i mariadb
or
nix-env -i mysql
Joomla! is written in PHP, so you need to install PHP before proceeding with the installation. You can install PHP and its required modules using the following command:
nix-env -i php php-fpm nginx
Now, you need to create a database for Joomla! to use. You can create a database using the mysql or mariadb command-line tool:
mysql -u root -p
or
mariadb -u root -p
Once you are logged in, create a new database by executing the following command:
CREATE DATABASE joomla_db;
Remember to replace joomla_db
with your desired database name.
You can download the latest version of Joomla! from the Joomla! website (https://www.joomla.org/download.html). Once you have downloaded the file, extract it to a directory of your choice. For example, to extract it to /var/www/joomla
, run the following command:
sudo unzip /path/to/joomla.zip -d /var/www/joomla
Next, you need to set the appropriate ownership and permissions for the Joomla! directory using the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/joomla
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/joomla
Finally, you need to configure Nginx to serve the Joomla! website. Create a new virtual host file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/joomla.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com;
root /var/www/joomla;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param HTTPS off;
}
}
Remember to replace your_domain.com
with your actual domain name.
Save and close the file, then restart Nginx using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Now open a web browser and navigate to http://your_domain.com
. The Joomla! installation wizard should now appear. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Joomla! on NixOS Latest.
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