How to install Fuel CMS on Ubuntu 21.04

To Install Fuel CMS on Ubuntu 21.04

Introduction

The CMS stands for a content management system, which is the software used to manage digital content. Fuel CMS acts as a CMS hybrid. It is a PHP/MySQL, modular-based development platform built on top of the popular Code Igniter framework. Prerequisites:

• Apache Web server

• Maria DB

• PHP and its Modules

Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 21.04
Release:	21.04
Codename:	hirsute

Step 2: Download the Fuel CMS by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
--2021-11-24 01:19:00--  https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/zip/refs/heads/master [following]
--2021-11-24 01:19:00--  https://codeload.github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/zip/refs/heads/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 13.127.152.42
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|13.127.152.42|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘master.zip’

master.zip                         [    <=>                                              ]   4.62M  5.91MB/s    in 0.8s    

2021-11-24 01:19:01 (5.91 MB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved [4846302]

Step3: Extract Fuel CMS by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip master.zip 
Archive:  master.zip
ff2608ce3bad33f6cca782b4914482ee9214f52c
   creating: FUEL-CMS-master/
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/.gitignore  
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/.htaccess  
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/README.md  
   creating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/
   creating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/cache/
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/cache/index.html  
   creating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/css/
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/css/blog.css  
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/css/common.css  
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/css/main.css  
  inflating: FUEL-CMS-master/assets/css/reset.css  

root@linuxhelp:~# mv FUEL-CMS-master/ /var/www/fuel

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data. /var/www/fuel

root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 775 /var/www/fuel

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 30
Server version: 10.5.12-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 Ubuntu 21.04

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 fuel character set utf8mb4;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.008 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> use fuel;
Database changed

MariaDB [fuel]> grant all on fuel.* to user@localhost identified by 'linuxc';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.011 sec)

MariaDB [fuel]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.003 sec)

MariaDB [fuel]> exit
Bye

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /var/www/fuel/fuel/application/config/database.php 

$db['default'] = array(
        'dsn'   => '',
        'hostname' => 'localhost',
        'username' => 'user',
        'password' => 'linuxc',
        'database' => 'fuel',
        'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
        'dbprefix' => '',

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /var/www/fuel/fuel/application/config/MY_fuel.php 


$config['admin_enabled'] = true;
$config['fuel_mode'] = 'AUTO';

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p fuel < /var/www/fuel/fuel/install/fuel_schema.sql 
Enter password: 

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/fuel.conf


<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/fuel

<Directory /var/www/fuel>

        AllowOverride All
        allow from all 
</Directory>

</virtualhost>

root@linuxhelp:~# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite fuel.conf
Enabling site fuel.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/hosts