How to install Backdrop CMS with Nginx on CentOS 6.9

Move the extracted directory to HTML location.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# mv backdrop /usr/share/nginx/html/

Now open the PHP configuration file using vim editor and add the time zone to the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# vim /etc/php.ini
date.timezone = Asia/Kolkata

Open and edit the php-fpm configuration file and make the following changes in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

listen = /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx
user = nginx
group = nginx

Open and edit the Nginx configuration file using vim editor and enter the following content in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

server {
    listen       80 default_server 
    listen       [::]:80 default_server 
    server_name  _ 
    root         /usr/share/nginx/html 

    # Load configuration files for the default server block.
    include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf 

    index index.html index.php 
    location ~ \.php {
    fastcgi_index index.php 
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$ 
    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params 
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock 
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name 
    }
   error_page 404 /404.html 
        location = /40x.html {
    }
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html 
        location = /50x.html {
   }
}

Change the ownership of php-fpm by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# chown nginx:nginx /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

Change the ownership of the file in Nginx directory by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html

Restart the php-fpm service.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# service php-fpm restart
Stopping php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]
Starting php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]

Restart the Nginx service.

[root@linuxhelp1 Downloads]# service nginx restart
Stopping nginx:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting nginx:                                            [  OK  ]

Switch over to the browser and give URL as http://machineip/backdrop. The installation setup appears on the screen. Choose the required language and click continue.

Fill the needed database details and click continue.

The installation is in progress by installing the required modules needed for Backdrop CMS.

Next configure the site by filling the site information such as site name and user account name.

Enter the E-mail address and set the password for the admin side.

Next set the default timezone for the server settings.

Click Save and Continue option to save the changes in the settings.