WonderCMS is a lightweight and easy-to-use content management system. In this guide, we will show you how to install WonderCMS on NixOS Latest.
Before we proceed, you need to have the following:
Before installing WonderCMS, make sure your NixOS system is up-to-date. You can do this using the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will update the system to the latest available version.
Next, we need to install the required packages for WonderCMS to run. Run the following command to install the required packages:
sudo nix-env -i php php-cgi php-fpm php-mysql nginx
This command will install PHP with FPM, MySQL support, and the NGINX web server.
Now that we have installed NGINX, we need to configure it to work with WonderCMS. Create a new configuration file in /etc/nginx/sites-available:
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/wondercms.conf
Add the following content to the file:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /var/www/wondercms;
index index.php;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
}
}
Replace example.com with your domain name. Save and close the file.
Next, create a symbolic link to the sites-enabled folder:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wondercms.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Check the syntax of the NGINX configuration file:
sudo nginx -t
If the syntax is correct, reload the NGINX service:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Now we can download and install WonderCMS. First, create a directory for the WonderCMS files:
sudo mkdir /var/www/wondercms
Next, change the ownership of the directory to the nginx user:
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/wondercms
Download the latest version of WonderCMS from the official website:
sudo wget https://www.wondercms.com/download -O wondercms.zip
Extract the archive:
sudo unzip wondercms.zip -d /var/www/wondercms
Change the ownership of the WonderCMS files:
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/wondercms
Finally, we need to configure WonderCMS to use the MySQL database. Create a new database and user for WonderCMS with the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE wondercms_db;
CREATE USER 'wondercms_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wondercms_db.* TO 'wondercms_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;
Replace password with a strong password.
Next, open the config.php file in the WonderCMS directory:
sudo vim /var/www/wondercms/config.php
Replace the default database details with the following:
$wCMS->db = [
'database_type' => 'mysql',
'database_name' => 'wondercms_db',
'username' => 'wondercms_user',
'password' => 'password',
'server' => 'localhost',
'charset' => 'utf8',
];
Save and close the file. Restart the PHP-FPM service:
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm
That’s it! You can now access WonderCMS by visiting your domain name in a web browser.
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