How to install Neos CMS on CentOS 7

Now switch to the webroot directory of Apache web server and download Neos using following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# cd /var/www/html/
[root@linuxhelp1 html]#  composer create-project --no-dev neos/neos-base-distribution neos
Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details
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Created project in neos
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>  NeosFlowComposerInstallerScripts::postPackageUpdateAndInstall
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Now you will need to create a virtual host configuration file for your web application. Open the configuration file by using the vim editor. Enter the following lines in the configuration file and save the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/neos.conf

< VirtualHost *:80> 
    DocumentRoot " /var/www/html/neos/Web" 
    ServerName 192.168.7.231
    ServerAlias linuxhelp1 *.linuxhelp1.com
    < Directory " /var/www/html/neos/Web" > 
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    < /Directory> 
    ErrorLog " /var/log/httpd/www.linuxhelp1.com-error_log" 
    CustomLog " /var/log/httpd/www.linuxhelp1.com-access_log"  combined
< /VirtualHost>                        

Go to the Neos directory and list the contents of the directory by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# cd neos/
[root@linuxhelp1 neos]# ls -l
total 236
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    103 Jul 18 17:30 bin
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root     41 Apr 27 21:36 Build
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   1920 Jul 18 17:41 composer.json
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 218445 Jul 18 17:41 composer.lock
drwxrwxrwx. 5 root root    126 Jul 18 17:41 Configuration
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root      6 Jul 18 17:41 Data
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root    426 Jul 18 17:41 flow
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    270 Jul 18 17:41 flow.bat
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root     87 Jul 18 17:40 Packages
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    858 Jul 18 17:41 Readme.rst
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   2609 Jul 18 17:41 Upgrading.rst
drwxrwxrwx. 3 root root     76 Jul 18 17:41 Web

Now provide the ownership, read and wire permissions of the application to web server user using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 neos]# cd /var/www/html/neos ./flow core:setfilepermissions root apache apache
[root@linuxhelp1 neos]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/neos/Web/
[root@linuxhelp1 neos]# chown 777 /var/www/html/neos/Web/

Restart the Apache service, by executing the restart command.

[root@linuxhelp1 neos]# systemctl restart httpd

Switch over to your browser and provide the target machines’ s IP address along with the following link http://192.168.7.231/setup and run it.

Modify the permission for the following path.

[root@linuxhelp1 neos]# chmod 777 /var/www/html/neos/Packages

Return and refresh the browser. The page shows the ongoing initialising setup process.

After the setup, the login page gets displayed on the screen. Copy the path shown below to open the setup password.

Copy the setup password from the terminal.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# cat /var/www/html/neos/Data/SetupPassword.txt
The setup password is:
6GDoPW1M

After you successfully logged in, this file is automatically deleted for security reasons.
Make sure to save the setup password for later use.

Paste the setup password and click Login button to continue.

In next interface, it will check for the setup requirements. The installer will automatically choose imagick module for image manipulation.

Configure your database by providing your database user name, password and db name.

The connection is established on the database that you have created.

The next page prompts for creating administrator account containing the first and last name and user credentials. Enter the required details and click next.

Once the setup is complete, it will automatically show the successfull installation content on the screen.