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How to install Composer cms on Linux mint 18.03

To install Composer cms on Linux mint 18.03

Composer CMS is a web application for creating websites. It is a combination of a Web content management system and online community software. The composer is licensed as free software and primarily written in the PHP programming language.

Prerequisites

To install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB and php7.0)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user)

Php installation with required following modules
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
apt-get update 
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0 php7.0-common 
php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap  php7.0-xml php7.0-intl  php7.0-cli  php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl

Installation

Download a composer cms package using by wget command.

linuxhelp ~ # wget https://compo.sr/site/dload.php?id=494
--2018-08-18 02:05:52--  https://compo.sr/site/dload.php?id=494
Resolving compo.sr (compo.sr)... 65.111.167.187
Connecting to compo.sr (compo.sr)|65.111.167.187|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16212376 (15M) \[application/octet-stream\]
Saving to: ‘dload.php?id=494’

dload.php?id=494       100%\[===========================>\]  15.46M   981KB/s    in 18s     

2018-08-18 02:06:11 (874 KB/s) - ‘dload.php?id=494’ saved \[16212376/16212376\]

The downloaded package is a zip file, so we need to unzip the package now.

linuxhelp ~ # unzip dload.php?id=494 -d composer
Archive:  dload.php?id=494
 extracting: composer/\_config.php    
   creating: composer/adminzone/
  inflating: composer/adminzone/.htaccess  
  inflating: composer/adminzone/find\_permissions.php  
  inflating: composer/adminzone/index.php  
  inflating: composer/adminzone/load\_template.php  
.
.
.
   creating: composer/uploads/watermarks/
  inflating: composer/uploads/watermarks/.htaccess  
 extracting: composer/uploads/watermarks/index.html  
   creating: composer/uploads/website\_specific/
 extracting: composer/uploads/website\_specific/index.html  
  inflating: composer/web.config

Change the ownership and permission for composer directory

linuxhelp ~ # ls
composer  dload.php?id=494
linuxhelp ~ # chown -R www-data:www-data composer/
linuxhelp ~ # chmod -R 775 composer/

Move the composer directory into the /html location

linuxhelp ~ # mv composer/ /var/www/html/

Create a new virtual host configuration to accessing the composer cms application

linuxhelp ~ # cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
linuxhelp sites-available # vim composer.conf
 ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/composer/
 AllowOverride All
allow from all

Enable the site access.

linuxhelp sites-available # a2ensite composer.conf 
Enabling site composer.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload

Enable the rewrite module.

linuxhelp sites-available # a2enmod rewrite 
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 restart

Entry to the host file

linuxhelp sites-available # vim /etc/hosts

Then we need to restart the apache2 service

linuxhelp sites-available # systemctl restart apache2.service

Now we have to open a browser and type the following URL of http://local IP (or ) domain name

Now, here accrue some critical error, so click on ‘run the installer’

Choose your language and click on ‘proceed’.

Here you can see license agreement so, click on ‘I agree’

Select your forums software.

Fill the general setting details.

Fill the admin user details.

Fill the database details.

Here you can see composer installation log.

The installation is completed, now remove or rename the install.php. Then if you want login your site click on ‘Go to my new website now’.

linuxhelp sites-available # cd /var/www/html/composer
linuxhelp sites-available #rm –rvf  install.php
linuxhelp sites-available #systemctl restart apache2

Here, give username and password.then, click login.

Finally, here you can see the admin page of composer cms.

with this, the method to install composer cms on Linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint Content Management System (CMS)
FAQ
Q
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A
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Manage all of your content in one place.

Optimize your content for search, mobile, and conversions.

Personalize your website content for every visitor.

Finally all sorts of optimization
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Q
What are the requirements of CMS in Ubuntu?
A
We require Apache web server, MySQL server, and PHP packages to install composer CMS tool.
Q
How to extract it in Apache root directory?
A
Extract it in Apache root directory as follows:

# unzip Composer-4.6.2.zip -d /srv/www/htdocs/
Q
What is the “CMS Family”?
A
CMS was designed to be an umbrella Convention giving rise to more specific instruments dealing with specific species or groups of species often in clearly defined regions. As a result seven Agreements, international treaties in their own right have been concluded, together with 19 less formal legally non-binding Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).