SilverStripe is an open source intuitive, secure and flexible content management system based on PHP. It is designed from the ground up to allow webmasters and editors create powerful and dynamic content websites.
If you’re looking for a robust, secure and easy to use content management platform to manage your websites or company’s blogs that’s 100% free, you’ll find SilverStripe to be useful.
This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install SilverStripe CMS on Ubuntu 17.04 | 17.10 with Apache2, MariaDB and PHP support.
This post covers installing the latest version of SilverStripe, which at the time of writing is v4.0.1
To get started with installing SilverStripe, follow the steps below:
Install Apache2 Web Server
SilverStripe requires a webserver to function and the most popular webserver in use today is Apache2. So, go and install Apache2 on Ubuntu by running the commands below:
sudo apt install apache2
Next, run the commands below to stop, start and enable Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service sudo systemctl start apache2.service sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
Install MariaDB Database Server
SilverStripe also requires a database server to function. and MariaDB database server is a great place to start. To install it run the commands below.
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MariaDB service to always start up when the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
After that, run the commands below to secure MariaDB server.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
- Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
- Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
- New password: Enter password
- Re-enter new password: Repeat password
- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
- Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
- Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Restart MariaDB server
sudo systemctl restart mysql.service
Install PHP and Related Modules
PHP 7.1 isn’t available on Ubuntu default repositories… in order to install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories.
Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.1
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.1
sudo apt update
Run the commands below to install PHP 7.1 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.1 libapache2-mod-php7.1 php7.1-common php7.1-mbstring php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-soap php7.1-gd php7.1-xml php7.1-intl php7.1-mysql php7.1-cli php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-zip php7.1-curl
After install PHP 7.1, run the commands below to open PHP-FPM default file.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.1/apache2/php.ini
Then make the change the following lines below in the file and save.
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 64M max_execution_time = 360 date.timezone = America/Chicago
Create SilverStripe Database
Now that you’ve install all the packages that are required, continue below to start configuring the servers. First go and create a blank SilverStripe database.
Run the commands below to logon to the database server. When prompted for a password, type the root password you created above.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called stripedb
CREATE DATABASE stripedb;
Create a database user called stripeuser with new password
CREATE USER 'stripeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant stripeuser full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON stripedb.* TO 'stripeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download SilverStripe Latest Release
Next, visit SilverStripe site and download the latest version.
After downloading, run the commands below to create a root directory for SilverStripe and extract the downloaded file into Apache2 root directory.
cd /tmp && wget sudo mkdir /var/www/html/silverstripe sudo unzip SilverStripe-cms-v4.0.1.zip -d /var/www/html/silverstripe
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for SilverStripe to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/silverstripe/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/silverstripe/
Configure Apache2
Finally, configure Apahce2 site configuration file for SilverStripe. This file will control how users access SilverStripe content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called silverstripe.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/silverstripe.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your own domain name and directory root location.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/silverstripe
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/silverstripe/>
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Enable the SilverStripe and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below
sudo a2ensite silverstripe.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite
To load all the settings above, restart Apache2 by running the commands below.
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see SilverStripe setup wizard to complete. Please follow the wizard carefully.
Then follow the on-screen instructions. you will be asked to input your database configuration, administrative details and other configuration settings. When complete you may sign-in and start using SilverStripe. Return to admin/ anytime thereafter to sign-in.
After installing, delete the install files by clicking the link “Click here to delete the install files“
That should do it. now logon to the admin dashboard using the URL example below
admin
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