Installing Drupal on Linux
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0270.html
01. Log into the Debian device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
update repositories and install any available software updates
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client curl
install PHP components
sudo apt install php php-mysql php-cli php-json php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip
configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
11. Run the following commands to create the Drupal database and database user
CREATE DATABASE drupal DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
GRANT ALL ON drupal.* TO 'drupal_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Dru4@l!!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract Drupal in the Apache webroot
download latest drupal version
sudo wget -O drupal.tar.gz https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz
extract drupal.tar.gz
sudo tar xzvf drupal.tar.gz --directory /var/www
rename drupal folder
sudo mv /var/www/drupal* /var/www/drupal
create a new drupal.conf file to configure the site
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/drupal.conf
13. Paste the following configuration into drupal.conf
Alias /drupal "/var/www/drupal/"
≪Directory /var/www/drupal/≫
AllowOverride All
≪/Directory≫
14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to drupal.conf
15. Continue with the following commands to enable the site and restart Apache:
enable the Drupal site and required PHP modules
sudo a2ensite drupal
sudo a2enmod rewrite
set the owner of the new drupal directory to www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/drupal
restart apache2 service
sudo systemctl restart apache2
16. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/drupal
17. The Drupal setup screen should be displayed
18. Select a language ≫ Click Save and continue
19. Select the Standard profile ≫ Click Save and continue
20. Enter the database name, username and password ≫ Click Save and continue
21. Create a site title and Drupal login ≫ Click Install Drupal
22. When the installation completes, enter a site name, email address, username and password ≫ Click Save and continue
23. Welcome to your very own, self-hosted Drupal installation
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