Rubedo is an open source PHP CMS / eCommerce platform, based on Zend Framework, MongoDB, Elasticsearch & AngularJS. It allows webmasters and users to build portals for secure extranet, online databases, e-commerce and multilingual sites.
If you want a CMS and an eCommerce platform in one suite that is scalable and performs at a high level, then Rubedo CMS is a good place to start. Rubedo CMS is built on an open source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital content.
This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile.
For more about Rubedo CMS, please check their Homepage
This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Rubedo CMS / eCommerce software on Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.10 and 18.04 LTS.
To get started with installing Rubedo, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Install Apache2 HTTP Server
Rubedo CMS requires a web server and Apache2 HTTP server is the most popular open source web server available today. To install Apache2 server, run the commands below:
sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2
After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used 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
Now that Apache2 is installed. to test whether the web server is working, open your browser and browse to the URL below.
If you see the page above, then Apache2 is successfully installed.
Step 2: Install MongoDB
In order to get the latest version of MongoDB, you must add its repository to Ubuntu. to do that, run the commands below to add the official repository key.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2930ADAE8CAF5059EE73BB4B58712A2291FA4AD5
After adding the repository key to Ubuntu, run the commands below to add MongoDB repository to your system…
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list
Now that the repository and key have been added to Ubuntu, run the commands below to install the package.
sudo apt update sudo apt install mongodb-org mongodb-org-server
By default, MongoDB listens on port 27017. after installing, the local server should be able to communicate with MongoDB. to verify whether MongoDB is running and active, run the commands below:
sudo systemctl start mongod sudo systemctl status mongod
You should see something like the lines below:
Step 3: Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
Rubedo CMS is a PHP based CMS and PHP is required. However, PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. To run PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 and previous, you may need to run the commands below:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt update
Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-mongodb php7.2-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-bcmath php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open PHP default configuration file for Apache2.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
The lines below is a good settings for most PHP based CMS. Update the configuration file with these and save.
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On short_open_tag = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 100M max_execution_time = 360 date.timezone = America/Chicago
Everytime you make changes to PHP configuration file, you should also restart Apache2 web server. To do so, run the commands below:
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Now that PHP is installed, to test whether it’s functioning, create a test file called phpinfo.php in Apache2 default root directory. ( /var/www/html/)
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then type the content below and save the file.
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Next, open your browser and browse to the server’s hostname or IP address followed by phpinfo.php
/phpinfo.php
You should see PHP default test page.
Step 4: Download Rubedo Latest Release
To get Rubedo latest release you may want to download it from its download page. Install Composer, Curl and other dependencies to get started…
sudo apt install curl git curl -sS | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After installing curl and Composer above, change into the Apache2 root directory and download Rubedo packages from Github… Always replace the branch number with the latest branch….
Download and extract the downloaded content into Apache2 root directory.
cd /tmp wget unzip 3.4.0.zip sudo mv rubedo-3.4.0/ /var/www/html/rubedo
After that, run the installer script to download requirements via Composer
cd /var/www/html/rubedo sudo ./rubedo.sh
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Rubedo root directory and give Apache2 control.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/rubedo/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/rubedo/
Step 5: Configure Apache2
Finally, configure Apahce2 site configuration file for Rubedo. This file will control how users access Rubedo content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called rubedo.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/rubedo.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/rubedo/public
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/rubedo/public/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/rubedo/public/>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php [PT,L]
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Step 6: Enable the Rubedo and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below
sudo a2ensite rubedo.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see Rubedo setup wizard to complete. Please follow the wizard carefully.
Then follow the on-screen instructions and complete the setup.
That’s it!
Congratulation! You have successfully installed Rubedo CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10.
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