How to Install Monstra CMS on Linux Mint 20

Install the MariaDB server by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install mariadb-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  galera-3 libconfig-inifiles-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libterm-readkey-perl
  mariadb-client-10.3 mariadb-client-core-10.3 mariadb-common mariadb-server-10.3 mariadb-server-core-10.3 socat
Suggested packages:
  libmldbm-perl libnet-daemon-perl libsql-statement-perl libipc-sharedcache-perl mailx mariadb-test tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  galera-3 libconfig-inifiles-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libterm-readkey-perl
  mariadb-client-10.3 mariadb-client-core-10.3 mariadb-common mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.3
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.9) ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...

Once the mariadb server is installed. Now create a credentials of MySQL server

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql_secure_installation
Enter current password for root (enter for none): 
OK, successfully used password, moving on...
Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB
root user without the proper authorisation.
Set root password? [Y/n]  
New password: 
Re-enter new password: 
Sorry, passwords do not match.
New password: 
Re-enter new password: 
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
 ... Success!
By default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MariaDB without having to have a user account created for
them.  This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother.  You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!
Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'.  This
ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!
By default, MariaDB comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can
access.  This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
 - Dropping test database...
 ... Success!
 - Removing privileges on test database...
 ... Success!
Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!
Cleaning up...
All done!  If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB
installation should now be secure

Now restart maroiadb

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl start mysql

Now I am going to install php and its modules by using following command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install php php-xml php-mysql php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4 php-common php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-json php7.4-mysql php7.4-opcache
  php7.4-readline
Suggested packages:
  php-pear
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php libapache2-mod-php7.4 php php-common php-mysql php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-json
  php7.4-mysql php7.4-opcache php7.4-readline
0 upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 363 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,144 kB of archives.
After this operation, 18.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 php-common all 2:75 [11.9 kB]
.
.
Setting up libapache2-mod-php (2:7.4+75) ...
Setting up php (2:7.4+75) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for php7.4-cli (7.4.3-4ubuntu2.4) ...
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.4 (7.4.3-4ubuntu2.4) ...

Now restart the apache2 service by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Now download the Monstra CMS package by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/monstra-cms/monstra/archive/dev.zip
--2019-07-18 01:40:45--  https://github.com/monstra-cms/monstra/archive/dev.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.176.102
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.176.102|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/monstra-cms/monstra/zip/dev [following]
--2019-07-18 01:40:47--  https://codeload.github.com/monstra-cms/monstra/zip/dev
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 140.82.114.10
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|140.82.114.10|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘dev.zip’
dev.zip                          [                              <=>              ]   1.63M  6.78KB/s    in 3m 13s  
2019-07-18 01:44:01 (8.65 KB/s) - ‘dev.zip’ saved [1706085]

Now extract the dev.zip package by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip dev.zip
Archive:  dev.zip
1ff51860eaba83e8ab91d5deb1d6b157e0847455
   creating: monstra-dev/
  inflating: monstra-dev/.gitignore  
  inflating: monstra-dev/.htaccess   
  inflating: monstra-dev/CHANGELOG.md  
  inflating: monstra-dev/LICENSE.md  
  inflating: monstra-dev/README.md   
   creating: monstra-dev/admin/
.
.
   creating: monstra-dev/tmp/cache/
 extracting: monstra-dev/tmp/cache/.empty  
   creating: monstra-dev/tmp/logs/
 extracting: monstra-dev/tmp/logs/.empty  
   creating: monstra-dev/tmp/minify/
 extracting: monstra-dev/tmp/minify/.empty  
 extracting: monstra-dev/tmp/minify/.htaccess

Now move the monster-dev directory to the Apache root directory by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# mv monstra-dev /var/www/monstra

Now set the ownership and permission to the Monstra CMS

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/monstra
root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/monstra

Now configure the virtualhost for access the Monstra CMS by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/monstra.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        Documentroot /var/www/monstra
<directory /var/www/monstra>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Now default the site access for the Apache2 by using the following command

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 monstra.conf
Enabling site monstra.
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
Now restart the apache2 service by using following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2