How to install Bludit CMS with Nginx on CentOS 6.9

Extract the downloaded file using unzip command.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# unzip bludit-v1.6.2.zip
Archive:  bludit-v1.6.2.zip
   creating: bludit/
  inflating: bludit/.htaccess        
   creating: bludit/bl-content/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/

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 inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/sidebar.php  
  inflating: bludit/index.php        
  inflating: bludit/install.php      

Move the extracted directory to HTML location by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# mv bludit /usr/share/nginx/html/

Edit the php configuration file using vim editor and edit the timezone in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# vim /etc/php.ini
date.timezone = Asia/Kolkata

Edit the php-fpm configuration file using the vim editor and enter the following content in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# 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

Configure the Nginx configuration file and enter the following content in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
server {
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Root /usr/share/nginx/html/bludit
index index.html index.php 
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location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrites 
  }
  location @rewrites {
    #rewrite ^ /index.php last 
    rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?url=$1 last 
  }
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location ~ \.php {
    fastcgi_index index.php 
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$ 
    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params 
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock 
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name 
  }
}

Change the ownership of file in the HTML location.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html

Restart the php-fpm service.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]#  service php-fpm restart
Stopping php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]
Starting php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]

Restart the Nginx service.

[root@linuxhelp11 Desktop]# service nginx restart
Stopping nginx:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting nginx:                                            [  OK  ]

Open a browser and give the URL as http://machineip. The installation of Bludit is open, choose a required language and click continue.

Fill in the admin credential details and click install.

The demo page of Bludit CMS is opened and now to open admin panel, click admin area to redirect the site to admin login page.

Enter the admin credentials and click login.