How to install WonderCMS on Rocky Linux 9.3
To Install WonderCMS On Rocky Linux 9.3
Introduction:
WonderCMS is a free and open-source Content Management System that is 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="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.3 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.3"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.3 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2032-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.3"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.3"
Step 2: Install Apache web server by using the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# dnf install httpd -y
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 4.8 kB/s | 4.1 kB 00:00
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 1.6 MB/s | 2.2 MB 00:01
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream 5.6 kB/s | 4.5 kB 00:00
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream 3.2 MB/s | 7.4 MB 00:02
Rocky Linux 9 - Extras 3.0 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
httpd x86_64 2.4.57-5.el9 appstream 46 k
Installing dependencies:
apr x86_64 1.7.0-12.el9_3 appstream 122 k
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-23.el9 appstream 94 k
80 k
148 k
mod_lua x86_64 2.4.57-5.el9 appstream 60 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 11 Packages
Total download size: 2.0 M
Installed size: 6.0 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/11): rocky-logos-httpd-90.14-2.el9.noarch.rpm 107 kB/s | 24 kB 00:00
(2/11): mod_lua-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm 225 kB/s | 60 kB 00:00
(3/11): httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm 593 kB/s | 46 kB 00:00
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Total 1.5 MB/s | 2.0 MB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : apr-1.7.0-12.el9_3.x86_64 1/11
Installing : apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64 2/11
Installing : apr-util-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64 3/11
Installing : apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64
Verifying : rocky-logos-httpd-90.14-2.el9.noarch 1/11
Verifying : mod_lua-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64 2/11
Verifying : httpd-tools-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64 3/11
Installed:
apr-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
mod_lua-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64 rocky-logos-httpd-90.14-2.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 Fri 2023-12-22 05:08:51 IST; 15s ago
Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
Main PID: 215289 (httpd)
Status: "Total requests: 0; Idle/Busy workers 100/0;Requests/sec: 0; Bytes served/sec: 0 B/sec"
Tasks: 213 (limit: 22877)
Memory: 35.3M
CPU: 237ms
CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
├─215289 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─215290 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─215291 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─215292 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
└─215293 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
Dec 22 05:08:50 Linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Dec 22 05:08:51 Linuxhelp httpd[215289]: AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified d>
Dec 22 05:08:51 Linuxhelp httpd[215289]: Server configured, listening on: port 80
Dec 22 05:08:51 Linuxhelp systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
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: 0:01:33 ago on Friday 22 December 2023 05:08:06 AM.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php x86_64 8.0.30-1.el9_2 appstream 7.7 k
php-fpm x86_64 8.0.30-1.el9_2 appstream 1.6 M
php-gd x86_64 8.0.30-1.el9_2 appstream 39 k
54 k
php-xml x86_64 8.0.30-1.el9_2 appstream 131 k
Installing dependencies:
libzip x86_64 1.7.3-7.el9 appstream 62 k
nginx-filesystem noarch 1:1.20.1-14.el9_2.1 appstream 8.5 k
php-common x86_64 8.0.30-1.el9_2 appstream 665 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 13 Packages
Total download size: 6.8 M
Installed size: 36 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/13): nginx-filesystem-1.20.1-14.el9_2.1.noarch.rpm 39 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
(2/13): libzip-1.7.3-7.el9.x86_64.rpm 243 kB/s | 62 kB 00:00
(3/13): php-pecl-zip-1.19.2-6.el9.x86_64.rpm 200 kB/s | 54 kB 00:00
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Total 3.8 MB/s | 6.8 MB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : php-common-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64 1/13
Installing : php-pdo-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64 2/13
Installing : php-xml-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64 3/13
Installing : php-opcache-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64
Verifying : nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-14.el9_2.1.noarch 1/13
Verifying : libzip-1.7.3-7.el9.x86_64 2/13
Verifying : php-pecl-zip-1.19.2-6.el9.x86_64 3/13
Verifying : php-xml-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64
Installed:
libzip-1.7.3-7.el9.x86_64 nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-14.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
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
--2023-12-22 05:10:50-- 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=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20231221%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20231221T234050Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=27032c268c35018e8007df3dd2f2e2f0cf3c4a7cb67930ec94e7b234c14d1230&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]
--2023-12-22 05:10:50-- https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/15203915/680729e8-311d-4149-bd03-df2d92988880?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20231221%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20231221T234050Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=27032c268c35018e8007df3dd2f2e2f0cf3c4a7cb67930ec94e7b234c14d1230&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)... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.110.133, 185.199.109.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.108.133|: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 0.004s
2023-12-22 05:10:51 (13.5 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 1039 Aug 13 22:24 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 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 1039 Aug 13 22:24 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Aug 13 22:33 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 775 /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 192.168.6.130:80>
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.
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd
Step 16: Open the Web browser and search the IP address as shown in the below image
Copy the password as shown in the above image and click “CLICK HERE TO LOGIN ” icon.
Enter the copied password here and click LOGIN
This is the Dashboard page 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 Rocky Linux 9.3. Your feedback is much welcome.
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
While Wonder CMS is designed for simplicity, migrating an existing website 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.