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How to install Pagekit on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3

To install Pagekit on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3

In our erstwhile article, we have seen about the installation procedure of Pagekit on CentOS 7 using LEMP. Pagekit is a free and open source content management system. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL or SQLite database for storing the data. Pagekit provides beautiful and easy to use drag and drop control panel to manage the pages, menus, and widgets. It has a configurable dashboard which shows all the statistics related to your site at one place. It also provides an inbuilt blog feature so that you can share the blog posts right away.

Pre- Requisite
LAMP Stack
- Apache
- MariaDB
- PHP 7

Install PHP 7 by executing the following command.
zypper in php php-openssl php-mysql php-mbstring php-dom php-json php-session php-ctype php-tokenizer php-simplexml php-pcre php-zip php-pdo php-curl php-iconv php-xml

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, download the latest stable version of Pagekit using wget command followed by the download link. 

linuxhelp:~ # wget http://pagekit.com/api/download/latest -O pagekit.zip
--2017-10-26 10:16:03--  http://pagekit.com/api/download/latest
Resolving pagekit.com (pagekit.com)... 213.160.72.26, 2a00:17d8:100::191
Connecting to pagekit.com (pagekit.com)|213.160.72.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://pagekit.com/api/download/latest [following]
--2017-10-26 10:16:04--  https://pagekit.com/api/download/latest
Connecting to pagekit.com (pagekit.com)|213.160.72.26|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit/releases/download/1.0.13/pagekit-1.0.13.zip [following]
--2017-10-26 10:16:05--  https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit/releases/download/1.0.13/pagekit-1.0.13.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.113, 192.30.255.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/17486281/3132d080-8e6a-11e7-87d2-0185b3cd5f83?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20171026%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20171026T044643Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=51c5a349d3e060915eb9683de612c33b8ae12a568c14cbc1d74f7f5838fde9bd& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dpagekit-1.0.13.zip& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2017-10-26 10:16:07--  https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/17486281/3132d080-8e6a-11e7-87d2-0185b3cd5f83?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20171026%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20171026T044643Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=51c5a349d3e060915eb9683de612c33b8ae12a568c14cbc1d74f7f5838fde9bd& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dpagekit-1.0.13.zip& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.225.64
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.225.64|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8308716 (7.9M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ pagekit.zip’ 

100%[==============================================================================================================================================> ] 8,308,716    185KB/s   in 49s    

2017-10-26 10:16:57 (164 KB/s) - ‘ pagekit.zip’  saved [8308716/8308716]

Extract the downloaded package in Apache document root using unzip command. 

linuxhelp:~ # unzip pagekit.zip -d /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit
Archive:  pagekit.zip
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/codemirror/codemirror.css  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/codemirror/codemirror.js  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/codemirror/hint.css  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/jquery/bower.json  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/jquery/MIT-LICENSE.txt  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/js-md5/bower.json  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/js-md5/js/md5.js  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/js-md5/js/md5.min.js  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/JSONStorage/bower.json  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/JSONStorage/README.md  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/JSONStorage/storage.js  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/JSONStorage/tests/index.html  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/lodash/bower.json  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/app/assets/lodash/LICENSE  
.
.
.
.
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/webpack.config.js  
 extracting: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/.bowerrc  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/.htaccess  
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/tmp/
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/tmp/cache/
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/tmp/temp/
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/tmp/logs/
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/tmp/sessions/
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/pagekit/tmp/packages/

Provide the appropriate owner permission and file execution permission by executing the following commands. 

linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # chmod -R 777 /srv/www/htdocs/

Create an Apache configuration file named pagekit.conf and enter the following content in the file. Save and exit the file. 

linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # vim /etc/apache2/conf.d/pagekit.conf

< VirtualHost *:80> 
DocumentRoot " /srv/www/htdocs" 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
< Directory " /srv/www/htdocs/" > 
DirectoryIndex index.php
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
< /Directory> 
< /VirtualHost>

Restart the Apache service. 

linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # systemctl restart apache2

Switch over to the browser and enter the URL as http://yourdomain/pagekit/index.php. The installation page of Pagekit appears on the screen.

Create a new database by entering the following details.

Create a new site by entering the following details as shown below and click INSTALL option.

The installation is complete and now the login page of the Pagekit appears on the screen.

Enter the login details of Pagekit and click LOGIN.

The dashboard of the Pagekit appears on the screen.

Thus we conclude the installation procedure of PageKit on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3.

Tag : OpenSUSE - Leap Content Management System (CMS)
FAQ
Q
Where is my configuration file in .deb and .rpm?
A
People using the Debian or RPM packages to integrated pagekite.py into their operating system (so it starts up on boot) can find the system-wide configuration in the folder /etc/pagekite.d/.



Note that the configuration in this case is broken up into multiple files, each ending in .rc (files with other endings are ignored).
Q
Where is my configuration file?
A
The location of your configuration file depends on your operating system and how you are using PageKite:

On any unix-based system (including the Mac and all Linux distributions), your configuration file will be created in your home directory and named .pagekite.rc (note the leading dot).
Q
Why can't I type my password? (Windows)
A
The pagekite.py signup process requests a password using Python's standard getpass() routine.
Q
How does it work?
A
PageKite creates a connection between your localhost server and the public Internet. Your local server gets a public name (something.pagekite.me) which anyone can connect to using a normal web browser.
Q
Is there any alternatives available ?
A
There are many alternative
joomla, blogger, Grav, drupal