How to install GrandCMS with Nginx on CentOS 6.9

Edit the configuration file of php-fpm using vim editor. Enter the following contents in the file and save it.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# 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

Enter into HTML location.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# cd /usr/share/nginx/html/

Download the GrandCMS package by running the wget command followed by the download link.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/grandcms/grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip
--2017-09-19 14:04:32--  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/grandcms/grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/grandcms/grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip [following]
--2017-09-19 14:04:32--  https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/grandcms/grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5606378 (5.3M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: “ grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip” 

100%[======================================> ] 5,606,378    783K/s   in 6.2s    
2017-09-19 14:04:39 (886 KB/s) - “ grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip”  saved [5606378/5606378]

Extract the downloaded zip file.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# unzip grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip
Archive:  grandcms_v0.2.0.1.1.zip
   creating: upload/
  inflating: upload/.htaccess.txt    
   creating: upload/admin/
  inflating: upload/admin/config-dist.php  
.
.
inflating: license.txt             
  inflating: README.txt              
  inflating: upload/catalog/view/theme/default/template/common/header.tpl  

Change the ownership of the file in HTML location

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx

Change the ownership of php-fpm file.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# chown nginx:nginx /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

Edit the configuration file of Nginx and add the following content in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 server {
    listen       80 default_server 
    listen       [::]:80 default_server 
    server_name  _ 
    root         /usr/share/nginx/html 
    # Load configuration files for the default server block.
    include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf 
    index index.html index.php 
    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 
    }
   error_page 404 /404.html 
        location = /40x.html {
    }
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html 
        location = /50x.html {
    }
}

Restart the php-fpm service.

root@linuxhelp1 html]#  service php-fpm restart
Stopping php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]
Starting php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]

Restart the Nginx service.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# service nginx restart
Stopping nginx:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting nginx:                                            [  OK  ]

Switch over to the browser and give the URL as machine IP/upload. The installation setup page appears on the screen and click continue.

This window shows the list of system checks before installation, click continue.

Enter the database details to create a database for GrandCMS and click continue.

Enter the admin details as well and click continue.

The installation is complete and a notification prompts you to delete the installation directory.

Switch over to the terminal and list the extracted directory.

[root@linuxhelp1 upload]# ll
total 44
drwxrwxr-x  6 apache apache 4096 Sep 19 13:39 admin
drwxrwxr-x  6 apache apache 4096 Mar  2  2015 catalog
-rwxrwxr-x  1 apache apache 1007 Sep 19 13:43 config.php
-rwxrwxr-x  1 apache apache  197 Nov 13  2014 crossdomain.xml
drwxrwxr-x  2 apache apache 4096 Feb 27  2015 download
drwxrwxr-x  7 apache apache 4096 Feb 27  2015 image
-rwxrwxr-x  1 apache apache 7096 Mar  1  2015 index.php
drwxrwxr-x  6 apache apache 4096 Mar  2  2015 install
-rwxrwxr-x  1 apache apache  383 Nov 13  2014 php.ini
drwxrwxr-x 11 apache apache 4096 Mar  2  2015 system

Remove the installation directory by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 upload]# rm -rf install

Switch over to the browser again and click ‘ Login to your administration’ button.

Enter the admin credentials and click login.