How to Install Clipper CMS 1.3.3 on CentOS 7.5

Installation of clipper cms 1.3.3 on centos 7.5

Requirements for clipper cms: Apache Mariadb Php 5.6 and its modules (php php-mbstring php-xml php-gd php-curl php-common php-mysql php-soap php-mysql php-mcrypt)

Installation proccedure

You need to configure the LAMP setup For the Installation of clipper CMS If you dont have the Lamp setup Refer Here

Check the centos version using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-7-5.1804.el7.centos.x86_64

configure the MySQL database. Log into MySQL as a root user and make the necessary settings.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 10
Server version: 5.5.60-MariaDB MariaDB Server
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> create database clipper;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'clipperuser'@localhost identified by '123456';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on clipper.* to 'clipperuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> Ctrl-C -- exit!
Aborted

Once the database configuration is done, you shall download the clipper cms with the help of the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/archive/clipper_1.3.3.zip
--2019-04-21 02:01:02--  https://github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/archive/clipper_1.3.3.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/zip/clipper_1.3.3 [following]
--2019-04-21 02:01:03--  https://codeload.github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/zip/clipper_1.3.3
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121, 192.30.253.120
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘clipper_1.3.3.zip’
    [                              <=>                          ] 6,173,410   1.12MB/s   in 6.7s   
2019-04-21 02:01:11 (903 KB/s) - ‘clipper_1.3.3.zip’ saved [6173410]

Once the download is completed extract the download package using unzip command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip clipper_1.3.3.zip
Archive:  clipper_1.3.3.zip
0ee9f2cb5bafc683fb7424d484669356c0662ac4
   creating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/.gitignore  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/README.md  
   creating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/assets/
   creating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/assets/cache/
 extracting: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/assets/cache/.gitignore  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/assets/cache/index.html  
   creating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/assets/cache/rss/
.
.
.
 inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_snippet.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_template.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_tmplvars.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_user.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_web_user.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/undelete_content.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/unpublish_content.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/user_documents_permissions.class.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/web_access_groups.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/sample-robots.txt  

Move the clipper cms directory to apache root directory

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3 /var/www/clipper

Set the ownership and permission for clipper cms by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/clipper

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/clipper

Configure the virtualhost for accesing the clipper cms

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/clipper.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/clipper
</Virtualhost>

Restart the apache service by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Switch to your browser and enter your domain name Choose the language for the Clipper CMS Configure the database information Configure the admin steup setup the optional items such as site modules, timezone, and Locales Verify the pre-install validation you will see the installation results of clipper cms Now, log in using the Admin user credential of clipper CMS After the successful login, you will see the Homepage of Clipper CMS

With this, the method to install Clipper CMS 1.3.3 on CentOS 7.5 comes to an end.