How to install Monstra CMS with Nginx on CentOS 6.9

Extract the downloaded file by running the unzip command.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# unzip monstra-3.0.4.zip
Archive:  monstra-3.0.4.zip
   creating: monstra-3.0.4/
  inflating: monstra-3.0.4/sitemap.xml  
  inflating: monstra-3.0.4/rss.php   
  inflating: monstra-3.0.4/robots.txt  
  inflating: monstra-3.0.4/install.php  
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inflating: monstra-3.0.4/libraries/Gelato/ErrorHandler/Resources/Views/Errors/production.php  
inflating: monstra-3.0.4/libraries/Gelato/ErrorHandler/Resources/Views/Errors/exception.php  

Rename the extracted file by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# mv monstra-3.0.4 monstra

Move the monstra file to HTML location.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# mv monstra /usr/share/nginx/html/

Change the ownership and permission of file in HTML location.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# chown -R nginx.nginx /usr/share/nginx/html/monstra
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]#  chmod -R 777 /usr/share/nginx/html/monstra

Edit the php-fpm configuration file using vim editor and enter the following content in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
listen = /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

Configure the Nginx configuration file using vim editor and enter the contents in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
index index.php 
location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args 
}
location ~ .php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf 
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock 
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name 
}

Change the ownership of PHP directory by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# chown -R nginx.nginx /var/lib/php

Change the ownership of php-fpm service by executing the following commands.

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

Restart the php-fpm service.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# service php-fpm restart
Stopping php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]
Starting php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]

Restart the Nginx service.

[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# service nginx restart
Stopping nginx:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting nginx:                                            [  OK  ]

Switch over to the browser and enter the URL as http://machineip/monstra. The installation setup opens on the screen. It shows the system check before starting the installation process and click continue.

Next enter the site details such as site name, site URL, username and password and save the changes.

Enter the admin details and click install option.

The site' s home page appears on the screen.

Enter the required admin credentials and login to the site.

The admin page of Monstra CMS appears on the screen.

Next to open admin dashboard click logged in option in the home page.