WinterCMS is an open-source content management system that is built on Laravel, a popular PHP framework. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install WinterCMS on NixOS Latest.
To install WinterCMS on NixOS Latest, you need the following:
Before installing any software packages, it is essential to update the system packages. To update the system, run the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will upgrade the system packages to the latest versions.
To run WinterCMS, we need to install some required packages such as PHP, MariaDB, NGINX, and Git. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.php nixos.mariadb nixos.nginx nixos.git
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We need to install Composer to manage the dependencies of WinterCMS. To install Composer, run the following command:
sudo mkdir /opt
sudo chown $USER /opt
cd /opt
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/opt --filename=composer
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
This command will download and install Composer in the /opt directory.
Now, we need to clone the WinterCMS repository from GitHub. To clone the repository, run the following command:
cd /var/www
sudo git clone https://github.com/wintercms/winter.git
This command will download the WinterCMS source code in the /var/www/winter directory.
To install the WinterCMS dependencies, go to the /var/www/winter directory and run the following command:
cd /var/www/winter
sudo /opt/composer install
This command will download and install all the required dependencies of WinterCMS.
Now, we need to configure NGINX to serve the WinterCMS application. To do this, create a new NGINX configuration file in the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/wintercms.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name wintercms.local;
root /var/www/winter;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Save and exit the file.
Next, create a symbolic link of this file to the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wintercms.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart the NGINX service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
We need to create a new database for WinterCMS in MariaDB. To do this, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
This command will open the MariaDB shell. Now, run the following SQL commands:
CREATE DATABASE wintercms;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wintercms.* TO 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
These commands will create a new database called wintercms, create a new user called wintercmsuser with the password 'password', and grant all privileges to the user on the database.
Now we need to configure WinterCMS to use the MariaDB database that we created.
To do this, copy the .env.example file to .env:
cd /var/www/winter
sudo cp .env.example .env
Next, open the .env file and edit the following lines:
APP_URL=http://wintercms.local
DB_DATABASE=wintercms
DB_USERNAME=wintercmsuser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save and exit the file.
Now, run the following command to install the WinterCMS application:
sudo php artisan winter:install
This command will create the necessary database tables, create an admin user, and install the application.
Finally, open your web browser and visit the following URL:
http://wintercms.local
You should now see the WinterCMS homepage. Congratulations, you have successfully installed WinterCMS on NixOS Latest.
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