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How to install WonderCMS on Oracle Linx 9.3

To Install WonderCMS On Oracle Linux 9.3

Introduction:

WonderCMS is a free and open-source Content Management System and one of the smallest flat file CMS for developing websites. Through this, we can add and change content by using the in-page editing function.

Installation Steps:

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Oracle Linux Server"
VERSION="9.3"
ID="ol"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="9.3"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 9.3"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:server"
HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/oracle/oracle-linux"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 9"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.3
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux"
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.3

Step 2: Install Apache web server by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# dnf install httpd* -y
Oracle Linux 9 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                    17 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 9 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                   7.4 MB/s |  23 MB     00:03    
Oracle Linux 9 Application Stream Packages (x86_64)                                                      24 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 9 Application Stream Packages (x86_64)                                                     8.3 MB/s |  31 MB     00:03    
Oracle Linux 9 UEK Release 7 (x86_64)                                                                    19 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 9 UEK Release 7 (x86_64)                                                                   8.8 MB/s |  31 MB     00:03    
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:07 ago on Monday 29 April 2024 12:33:11 AM.
Dependencies resolved.

Installed:
  apr-1.7.0-12.el9_3.x86_64                     apr-devel-1.7.0-12.el9_3.x86_64               apr-util-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64             
  apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64              apr-util-devel-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64            apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64     
  cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.x86_64               cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.27-21.el9.x86_64         expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9.x86_64           
  httpd-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64                 httpd-core-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64            httpd-devel-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64      
  httpd-filesystem-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.noarch      httpd-manual-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.noarch          httpd-tools-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64      
  libdb-devel-5.3.28-53.0.1.el9.x86_64          mod_http2-1.15.19-5.el9_3.1.x86_64            mod_lua-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64          
  openldap-devel-2.6.3-1.el9.x86_64             oracle-logos-httpd-90.2-1.0.4.el9.noarch     
Complete!

Step 3: Enable and start the Apache service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable httpd
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start httpd

Step 4: Check the status of the Apache service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl status httpd
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-04-29 00:34:11 IST; 14s ago
       Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
   Main PID: 104291 (httpd)
     Status: "Total requests: 0; Idle/Busy workers 100/0;Requests/sec: 0; Bytes served/sec:   0 B/sec"
      Tasks: 213 (limit: 21644)
     Memory: 39.5M
        CPU: 398ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
             ├─104291 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─104292 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─104293 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─104294 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             └─104295 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND

Apr 29 00:34:10 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Apr 29 00:34:11 linuxhelp httpd[104291]: AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using f>
Apr 29 00:34:11 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
Apr 29 00:34:11 linuxhelp httpd[104291]: Server configured, listening on: port 80

Step 5: Install PHP and its modules by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# dnf install php php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-opcache php-gd php-xml php-mbstring -y php-zip
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:38 ago on Monday 29 April 2024 12:33:11 AM.
Dependencies resolved.

Installed:
  libzip-1.7.3-7.el9.x86_64               nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-14.0.1.el9_2.1.noarch       php-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64              
  php-cli-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64           php-common-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64                      php-fpm-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64          
  php-gd-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64            php-mbstring-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64                    php-mysqlnd-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64      
  php-opcache-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64       php-pdo-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64                         php-pecl-zip-1.19.2-6.el9.x86_64       
  php-xml-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64          

Complete!

Step 6: Check the installed PHP version by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# php -v
PHP 8.0.30 (cli) (built: Aug  3 2023 17:13:08) ( NTS gcc x86_64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.30, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.0.30, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Step 7: Download the Wonder CMS Package by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/releases/download/3.4.3/wondercms-343.zip
--2024-04-29 00:35:26--  https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/releases/download/3.4.3/wondercms-343.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 20.207.73.82
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|20.207.73.82|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/15203915/680729e8-311d-4149-bd03-df2d92988880?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAVCODYLSA53PQK4ZA%2F20240428%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240428T190527Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=7e8c0b63c285b6169f0200e166d4146499b8c50f911e0a534efb9742518cb203&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=15203915&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dwondercms-343.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2024-04-29 00:35:27--  https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/15203915/680729e8-311d-4149-bd03-df2d92988880?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAVCODYLSA53PQK4ZA%2F20240428%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240428T190527Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=7e8c0b63c285b6169f0200e166d4146499b8c50f911e0a534efb9742518cb203&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=15203915&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dwondercms-343.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.110.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.108.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.110.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 50674 (49K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘wondercms-343.zip’

wondercms-343.zip                 100%[=============================================================>]  49.49K  --.-KB/s    in 0.007s  

2024-04-29 00:35:28 (6.94 MB/s) - ‘wondercms-343.zip’ saved [50674/50674]

Step 8: Long list the files by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# ll
total 56
-rw-------. 1 root root  1067 Jan  7 03:03 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Videos
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 50674 Nov  5 14:46 wondercms-343.zip

Step 9: Extract the downloaded zip file by using unzip command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip wondercms-343.zip
Archive:  wondercms-343.zip
   creating: wondercms/
  inflating: wondercms/index.php     
   creating: wondercms/themes/
   creating: wondercms/themes/sky/
  inflating: wondercms/themes/sky/wcms-modules.json  
   creating: wondercms/themes/sky/css/
   creating: wondercms/themes/sky/css/fonts/
 extracting: wondercms/themes/sky/css/fonts/catamaran-v7-latin-ext_latin-regular.woff2  
 extracting: wondercms/themes/sky/css/fonts/catamaran-v7-latin-ext_latin-700.woff2  
  inflating: wondercms/themes/sky/css/data-style.css  
  inflating: wondercms/themes/sky/theme.php  
  inflating: wondercms/.htaccess

Step 10: Again long list the files and check the extracted directory by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# ll
total 56
-rw-------. 1 root root  1067 Jan  7 03:03 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Videos
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root    54 Nov  5 14:37 wondercms
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 50674 Nov  5 14:46 wondercms-343.zip

Step 11: Rename and move the extracted directory to Apache Root Directory by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv wondercms /var/www/wonder/

Step 12: Grant Permission and Set Ownership for Wonder CMS by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/wonder/
[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/wonder/

Step 13: Create a Virtual Configuration file to Access Wonder CMS by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/wonder.conf
Insert the below lines in the configuration file
<virtualhost 192.168.6.140:80>
servername  www.linuxhelp1.com
Documentroot  /var/www/wonder
<Directory /var/www/wonder >
AllowOverride all
allow from all
</Directory>
</virtualhost>

Step 14: Disable the SELinux by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# setenforce 0

Step 15: Restart the Apache service to apply all changes by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 16: Open the Web browser and search the IP address as shown in the below image

Step 17: Copy the password as shown in the image and click “CLICK HERE TO LOGIN ” icon.

Step 18: Enter the copied password here and click LOGIN

This is the Dashboard of WonderCMS

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install WonderCMS on Oracle Linux 9.3. Your feedback is much welcome.

Tag : Linux Wonder CMS Installation
FAQ
Q
Does Wonder CMS have an active community for support?
A
Yes, Wonder CMS has an active community where users can find support, share ideas, and get assistance with any issues they may encounter.
Q
Can I migrate an existing website to Wonder CMS?
A
Wonder CMS is designed for simplicity, migrating an existing website which may require manual content transfer. Plan the migration carefully, and consult the community for guidance if needed.
Q
Is Wonder CMS suitable for large and complex websites?
A
Wonder CMS is best suited for smaller to medium-sized websites. While it excels in simplicity, it may not provide all the features required for large and complex web projects.
Q
Is Wonder CMS free to use?
A
Yes, Wonder CMS is an open-source platform, and it is free to use. Users can download, install, and modify the software according to their needs.
Q
What is Wonder CMS?
A
Wonder CMS is a lightweight, open-source content management system designed for simplicity and ease of use.