Installing Joomla! on Linux
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...
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-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 Joomla! database and database user
CREATE DATABASE joomla DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
GRANT ALL ON joomla.* TO 'joomla_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'J00mla!!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract Joomla! in the Apache webroot
download latest joomla version
sudo wget -O joomla.tar.gz https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joom...
extract joomla.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /var/www/joomla
sudo tar xzvf joomla.tar.gz --directory /var/www/joomla
create a new joomla.conf file to configure the site
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/joomla.conf
13. Paste the following configuration into joomla.conf
Alias /joomla "/var/www/joomla/"
≪Directory /var/www/joomla/≫
AllowOverride All
≪/Directory≫
14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to joomla.conf
15. Continue with the following commands to enable the site and restart Apache:
enable the Joomla site and required PHP modules
sudo a2ensite joomla
sudo a2enmod rewrite
set the owner of the new joomla directory to www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/joomla
restart apache2 service
sudo systemctl restart apache2
16. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/joomla
17. The Joomla! setup screen should be displayed
18. Set the site title and create an administrative account login ≫ Click the Next button
19. Enter the database configuration as follows:
Database Type: MySQLi
Host Name: localhost
Username: joomla_rw
Password: J00mla!!
Database Name: joomla
Table Prefix: jmla_
20. Click the Next button
21. On the Overview page click the Install button
22. Review the configuration and click the Install button
23. When the installation completes, copy the output configuration.php and run the following in the terminal window
sudo nano /var/www/joomla/configuration.php
24. Paste the copied configuration text
25. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to configuration.php
26. Continue with deleting the installation directory by running the following command
sudo rm /var/www/joomla/installation -r
27. Back in the web browser, click on the Site button
28. Welcome to your very own, self-hosted Joomla! installation
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