How to install FlatPress CMS on CentOS 7 using Nginx and PHP

Extract the downloaded package using tar command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# tar -xvf v1.0.3.tar.gz 
flatpress-1.0.3/
flatpress-1.0.3/CHANGELOG
flatpress-1.0.3/COPYING
flatpress-1.0.3/LICENSE
flatpress-1.0.3/README
flatpress-1.0.3/README.md
flatpress-1.0.3/TESTING
flatpress-1.0.3/admin.php
flatpress-1.0.3/admin/
flatpress-1.0.3/admin/admin-inline.tpl

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flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/
flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/footer.tpl.php
flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/header.tpl.php
flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/locked.tpl.php
flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/step1.tpl.php
flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/step2.tpl.php
flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/step3.tpl.php
flatpress-1.0.3/static.php

Move the extracted FlatPress directory in to Nginx root directory and list the files in the directory.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv flatpress-1.0.3/ /usr/share/nginx/html/
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /usr/share/nginx/html/
[root@linuxhelp html]# ll
total 24
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3650 Oct 31  2016 404.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3693 Oct 31  2016 50x.html
drwxrwxr-x 10 root root 4096 Jun 12  2015 flatpress-1.0.3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3700 Oct 31  2016 index.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  368 Oct 31  2016 nginx-logo.png
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2811 Oct 31  2016 poweredby.png

Open the php-fpm configuration file using vim editor and edit the following changes in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# 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

Restart the php-fpm service.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart php-fpm

Provide the owner permission and file execution permission by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp html]# chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html/flatpress/
[root@linuxhelp html]# chmod -R 777 /usr/share/nginx/html/flatpress-1.0.3/

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

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

    server {
        listen       80 default_server 
        listen       [::]:80 default_server 
        server_name   192.168.7.165 
        root         /usr/share/nginx/html 
        index           index.html index.php
        # Load configuration files for the default server block.
        include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf 

        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 
}
        }

Restart the Nginx service.

[root@linuxhelp html]# systemctl restart nginx

Switch over to your browser and enter http://192.168.7.165/flatpress URL. The FlatPress installation page appears on the screen.

Enter the required details to create a new user. Click next.

The installation is now complete. Click login now option to login to Flatpress.

Enter the required admin credentials and click login.

Select the back to index option.

The home page of FlatPress CMS appears on the screen.