OctoberCMS is a free, open source, self-hosted and secure content management platform based on Laravel PHP framework. It is simple and modular, built from the ground up for ease of use 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 blogs that’s 100% free, you’ll find OctoberCMS to be useful. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install OctoberCMS on Ubuntu 17.04 | 17.10 with Octo, MariaDB and PHP support.
This post covers installing the latest version of OctoberCMS.
To get started with installing OctoberCMS, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Install Nginx Web Server
OctoberCMS requires a webserver to function and the second most popular webserver in use today is Nginx. So, go and install Nginx on Ubuntu by running the commands below:
sudo apt install nginx
Next, run the commands below to stop, start and enable Nginx service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop nginx.service sudo systemctl start nginx.service sudo systemctl enable nginx.service
Step 2: Install MariaDB Database Server
OctoberCMS 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 mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.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 mariadb.service
Step 3: Install PHP-FPM and Related Modules
OctoberCMS is based on PHP. so you’ll need to install it. To install PHP and related modules run the commands below
sudo apt install php-fpm php-common php-mbstring php-xmlrpc php-soap php-gd php-xml php-intl php-tidy php-mysql php-cli php-mcrypt php-ldap php-zip php-curl php-sqlite3
After install PHP, run the commands below to open PHP-FPM default config file.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini # Ubuntu 17.10 sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini # Ubuntu 17.04
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
Step 4: Create OctoberCMS 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 OctoberCMS 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 october
CREATE DATABASE october;
Create a database user called octoberuser with new password
CREATE USER 'octoberuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant stripeuser full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON october.* TO 'octoberuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Step 5: Download OctoberCMS Latest Release
Next, visit OctoberCMS site and download the latest version.
After downloading, run the commands below to create a root directory for OctoberCMS and extract the downloaded file into Nginx root directory.
cd /tmp && wget -O octobercms.zip sudo unzip octobercms.zip sudo mv install-master /var/www/html/octobercms
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for OctoberCMS to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/octobercms/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/octobercms/
Step 6: Configure Nginx
Finally, configure Apahce2 site configuration file for OctoberCMS. This file will control how users access OctoberCMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called octobercms
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/octobercms
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.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /var/www/html/octobercms;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
client_max_body_size 100M;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_index index.php;
# fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock; # for Ubuntu 17.04
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock; # for Ubuntu 17.10
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Save the file and exit.
Step 7: Enable the OctoberCMS
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/octobercms /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Step 8 : Restart Nginx
To load all the settings above, restart Nginx by running the commands below.
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see OctoberCMS 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 OctoberCMS. Return to anytime thereafter to sign-in.
Enter the database info and continue
Create the administrator login for the site and continue
After that select to install with a theme, then sit and relax and wait for the installation to complete.
Enjoy!
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