How to install Cotonti CMS on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3
To install Cotonti CMS on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3
Cotonti is open source Content Management System and Content Management Framework built based on PHP and MySQL. It possesses both the flexibity of web development framework and the featureset of a content manager with more focus on security, speed and flexibility. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Cotonti CMS on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3.
Pre- Requisite
LAMP Stack (Use the following link, to know about the installation of LAMP. https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-and-configure-lamp-in-open-suse-leap/)
- Apache
- MariaDB
- PHP 7
Install PHP along with the dependencies by executing the following command.
zypper in php php-mysql php-gd php-mbstring php-common
Installation procedure
To proceed with the installation procedure, download the latest stable version using wget command followed by the download link.
linuxhelp:~ # wget https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/archive/master.zip
--2017-11-04 09:51:00-- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/archive/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.112, 192.30.255.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/zip/master [following]
--2017-11-04 09:51:02-- https://codeload.github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.255.121, 192.30.255.120
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.255.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ master.zip’
[ < => ] 3,555,810 787KB/s in 6.1s
2017-11-04 09:51:09 (571 KB/s) - ‘ master.zip’ saved [3555810]
Extract the downloaded package in Apache document root by running the unzip command.
linuxhelp:~ # unzip master.zip -d /srv/www/htdocs/
Archive: master.zip
9ac62ca287b41306103eb28c12a59a29fc5d07d4
creating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/.gitattributes
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/.gitignore
extracting: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/.htaccess
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/Install.txt
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/License.txt
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/README.md
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/admin.php
extracting: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/apple-touch-icon.png
creating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/datas/
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/datas/.htaccess
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inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/symisun-03.ru.lang.php
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/users.details.tpl
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/users.edit.tpl
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/users.passrecover.tpl
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/users.profile.tpl
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/users.register.tpl
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/users.tpl
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/Cotonti-master/themes/symisun-03/warnings.tpl
Move to the Apache document root by running the cd command and list the files.
linuxhelp:~ # cd /srv/www/htdocs/
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # ll
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Aug 28 15:53 Cotonti-master
drwxrwxrwx 2 wwwrun www 4096 Oct 9 23:15 gif
-rwxrwxrwx 1 wwwrun www 2356 Mar 18 2017 info2html.css
Provide the appropriate owner permission and file execution permission by executing the following command.
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # chmod -R 775 /srv/www/htdocs/
Create an Apache Configuration named zen.conf and enter the following contents in the file. Save and exit the file.
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # vim /etc/apache2/conf.d/zen.conf
< VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot " /srv/www/htdocs"
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
< Directory " /srv/www/htdocs/" >
DirectoryIndex index.php
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
< /Directory>
< /VirtualHost>
Restart the Apache Service.
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs #systemctl restart apache
Switch to your browser and enter the URL as http://yourdomain/contonti/install.php. The installation wizard of Contonti appears on the screen. Select the Language and click Next.
This window shows the summary of the configuration settings along with the file and folder permissions.
Enter the required details to create a database and click Next.
Next enter the required details for miscellaneous settings and administrator accounts. Click the Install option to begin with the installation procedure.
Before starting the installation, the modules list shows the modules that will be installed along with Cotonti CMS.
The installation is complete and now click the view the site option.
The Cotonti CMS admin page is now displayed on the screen. The CMS prompts the user to remove the installation folder from the system.
Remove the installation folder of Cotonti CMS by running the following rm command.
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs/contonti #rm &ndash rf install.php
The dashboard of Cotonti CMS is shown as below.
The list of modules in Cotonti CMS is displayed.
Thus we conclude the installation procedure of Cotonti CMS on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3.