How to install Pimcore CMS with Nginx on CentOS 7

Also search for the following line named upload_max_filesize and change the value from 2M to 100M.

upload_max_filesize = 2M

Search for the following line named post_max_size and change the value from 8M to 100M. Save the file and exit from the file

post_max_size = 8M

Open the PHP-FPM configuration file named www.conf using vim editor.

[root@linuxhelp11 ~]# vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Find the following lines and change the user and group value from Apache to Nginx.

user = apache
group = apache

Now find the following lines and change the owner, group and mode to the following changes.

 listen.owner = nobody
 listen.group = nobody
 listen.mode = 0660

Uncomment the given lines and change nobody to Nginx.

find:
listen = 127.0.0.1:9000

Comment out the above line and add the following line below it.

listen = /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

Start the PHP-FPM service and enable it by executing the following commands.

[root@linuxhelp11 ~]# systemctl start php-fpm
[root@linuxhelp11 ~]# systemctl enable php-fpm

Create a Symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/php-fpm.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.service.

To install the required dependency, install following repo by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp11 ~]# rpm -Uvh https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm
Retrieving https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9I5laL: Header V4 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID f5cf6c1e: NOKEY
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:rpmfusion-free-release-7-1       ################################# [100%]

Next install the following dependencies by running the following command and press y to continue with the installation.

[root@linuxhelp11 ~]# yum -y install ffmpeg libreoffice libreoffice-math xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi poppler-utils inkscape libXrender ghostscript fontconfig wkhtmltopdf
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
rpmfusion-free-updates                                   | 3.0 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-free-updates/x86_64/primary_db                   | 227 kB   00:02     
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
.
.
 gnome-settings-daemon-updates.x86_64 0:3.8.6.1-9.el7                          
  totem-mozplugin.x86_64 1:3.8.2-5.el7                                          

Complete!

Enter into Apache Root directory named /var/www.

[root@linuxhelp11 ~]# cd /var/www

Download the pimcore package by executing the wget command followed by the download link.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# wget https://www.pimcore.org/download/pimcore-data.zip
--2017-09-05 12:34:29--  https://www.pimcore.org/download/pimcore-data.zip
Resolving www.pimcore.org (www.pimcore.org)... 62.138.199.172
Connecting to www.pimcore.org (www.pimcore.org)|62.138.199.172|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 117399659 (112M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ pimcore-data.zip’ 

100%[======================================> ] 117,399,659  798KB/s   in 5m 8s  

2017-09-05 12:39:39 (372 KB/s) - ‘ pimcore-data.zip’  saved [117399659/117399659]

Next unzip the downloaded file by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# unzip pimcore*.zip -d pimcore
Archive:  pimcore-data.zip
   creating: pimcore/pimcore/
   creating: pimcore/pimcore/lib/
  inflating: pimcore/pimcore/lib/simple_html_dom.php  
   creating: pimcore/pimcore/lib/Pimcore/
   creating: pimcore/pimcore/lib/Pimcore/Video/
.
.
 inflating: pimcore/constants.example.php  
  inflating: pimcore/.htaccess       

Change the ownership of file by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/pimcore

Add the required services in the firewall and run the following command.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http
success

Reload the firewall.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

Create a virtual host for pimcore named cms.linuxhelp11.com.conf using vim editor and add the following contents in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/cms.linuxhelp11.com.conf

server {
    root /var/www/pimcore 
    index index.php 
    server_name cms.yourdomain.com 
    listen 80 
    access_log  /var/www/pimcore/website/var/log/nginx_access.log 
    error_log   /var/www/pimcore/website/var/log/nginx_error.log error 
 
    set $getassets " "  
    if ($uri ~* ^/website/var/assets)   { set $getassets " ${getassets}A"   }
    if ($request_method = GET)      { set $getassets " ${getassets}B"   }
    if ($getassets = " AB" ) {
        rewrite ^ $uri$args last 
    }
 
  location ~* ^(/plugins/(?!.*/static).*|^/pimcore/(?!(static|modules/3rdparty)).*|/website/var/(?!tmp|assets|areas)|/modules/(?!.*/static).*|^(vendor|tests|node_modules|phing)/.*|^(bower|package|composer|gulpfile).) {
        return 403 
    }
    
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args 
        index index.php 
    }
 
    location ~ .php$ {
        try_files $uri =404 
        fastcgi_pass   unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock 
        fastcgi_index  index.php 
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$ 
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name 
        include        fastcgi_params 
        fastcgi_read_timeout 60 
    }

    location ~* .(jpe?g|gif|png|bmp|ico|css|js|pdf|zip|htm|html|docx?|xlsx?|pptx?|txt|wav|swf|svg|avi|mpd)$ {
        access_log off 
        log_not_found off 
        try_files $uri $uri/ /website/var/assets$uri /index.php$is_args$args 
        expires 1w 
    }
    
  
    rewrite ^/cache-buster-d+(.*) $1 break 
    
    location /fpm-ping {
        access_log off 
        include fastcgi_params 
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock 
    }

    location /fpm-status {
        allow 127.0.0.1 
        deny all 
        access_log off 
        include fastcgi_params 
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock 
    }
    location /nginx-status {
        allow 127.0.0.1 
        deny all 
        access_log off 
        stub_status 
    }
}

Restart the Nginx service by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp11 www]# systemctl restart nginx

Switch over to the browser and enter the machine' s IP address, it will lead to the pimcore' s installation page. Fill the required MySQL and admin details and click install option.

Enter the required admin credentials and click login.