How to Install October CMS on Centos 7.6
Installation Of October CMS Through wizard On CentOS 7.6
October is a free, open-source,self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. It brings you the power of Laravel with the simplicity of pure HTML.you can reuse the CMS components.we can use our favourite code editor and usual workflow for creating and updating websites. This article covers the tutorial on Installation Of October CMS On CentOS 7.6 Through Wizard method.
Features:
Simplicity
Flexbilty
Modern Design
Universal extendable DashBoard
Installation Method:
Wizard
Requirements:
LAMP Stack
PHP version 7.0 or higher
PHP Modules:
php-pdo php-curl php-openssl php-mbstring php-pecl-zip php-gd
Download Link:
http://octobercms.com/download
Installation
Before you begin the installation process, configure MariaDB for October CMS.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 36
Server version: 10.1.39-MariaDB MariaDB Server
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 october character set utf8mb4;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> use october;
Database changed
MariaDB [october]> create user ouser@localhost identified by 'linuxc';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [october]> grant all on october.* to ouser@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [october]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [october]> exit
Bye
Change the directory to Apache’s Document root directory.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /var/www
Create a directory for October CMS.
[root@linuxhelp www]# mkdir october
Change the directory to october.
[root@linuxhelp www]# cd october/
Download October CMS using wget command through wizard installation link as follows.
[root@linuxhelp october]# wget http://octobercms.com/download
--2019-05-07 14:33:12-- http://octobercms.com/download
Resolving octobercms.com (octobercms.com)... 54.68.25.146, 52.37.223.30
Connecting to octobercms.com (octobercms.com)|54.68.25.146|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://octobercms.com/download [following]
--2019-05-07 14:33:12-- https://octobercms.com/download
Connecting to octobercms.com (octobercms.com)|54.68.25.146|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github.com/octobercms/install/archive/master.zip [following]
--2019-05-07 14:33:13-- https://github.com/octobercms/install/archive/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/octobercms/install/zip/master [following]
--2019-05-07 14:33:15-- https://codeload.github.com/octobercms/install/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 142048 (139K) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘download’
100%[===================================================================================================>] 142,048 94.7KB/s in 1.5s
2019-05-07 14:33:17 (94.7 KB/s) - ‘download’ saved [142048/142048]
List the contents to check the downloaded file of October CMS.
[root@linuxhelp october]# ll
total 140
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142048 May 7 14:33 download
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**Extract the file of October CMS**
```
[root@linuxhelp october]# unzip download
Archive: download
a22862c946062193b43e00a459ccadd4cb00896d
creating: install-master/
extracting: install-master/.gitignore
inflating: install-master/README.md
inflating: install-master/install.php
creating: install-master/install_files/
creating: install-master/install_files/css/
.
.
.
.
.
creating: install-master/install_files/php/
inflating: install-master/install_files/php/Installer.php
inflating: install-master/install_files/php/InstallerException.php
inflating: install-master/install_files/php/InstallerRewrite.php
inflating: install-master/install_files/php/boot.php
```
```
[root@linuxhelp october]# ll
total 140
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142048 May 7 14:33 download
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 81 Mar 7 13:40 install-master
```
**Change the directory to install-master.**
```
[root@linuxhelp october]# cd install-master/
```
**List the contents to check the extracted files.**
```
[root@linuxhelp install-master]# ll
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 68 Mar 7 13:40 install_files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8077 Mar 7 13:40 install.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1059 Mar 7 13:40 README.md
```
**Assign Ownership permissions to the install-master directory.**
```
[root@linuxhelp install-master]# chown -R apache. ./
```
**Assign Writable permissions to the install-master directory.**
```
[root@linuxhelp install-master]# chmod -R 775 ./
```
**List the contents to check the installation.**
```
[root@linuxhelp install-master]# ll
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 7 apache apache 68 Mar 7 13:40 install_files
-rwxrwxr-x 1 apache apache 8077 Mar 7 13:40 install.php
-rwxrwxr-x 1 apache apache 1059 Mar 7 13:40 README.md
```
**Create a customised configuration file for October CMS.**
```
[root@linuxhelp install-master]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/october.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/october/install-master/
<directory /var/www/october/install-master/>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>
```
**Restart the service Of Apache.**
```
[root@linuxhelp install-master]# systemctl restart httpd
```
**Open the browser and enter the servername followed by install.php**
**Agree to the license terms once you are done checking the system requirements. **
**Enter the database details that have configured inside the MariaDB for October CMS, click Administrator.**
**Enroll the admin credentials to access the October CMS backend area.**
**Select Start from Scratch to set up the site**
**October CMS Installation is finished and clicks on servername followed by backend.**
**Enter the login credentials of admin’s account**
**The backend area of Admin’s account has opened successfully**
**Therefore, Installation Of October CMS On CentOS 7.6 through Wizard method comes to an end.**
Q
How Does CDN make websites faster in October CMS?
A
Chances are your website could be faster where CDN delivers static content to users faster.
Q
What does CDN do in October CMS?
A
A content delivery network is a set of servers scattered across the planet, helps to deliver the content to users faster.
Q
What is CDN In October CMS?
A
CDN Stands for Content delivery network In October CMS.
Q
Can we manage the websites without programming knowledge in October CMS?
A
Yes. Non-technical users can manage page contents with the WYSIWYG editor, manage images, videos and other files In October CMS.
Q
What is a component in October CMS?
A
Components are building blocks for pages in October CMS.