How to intall SilverStripe CMS 4.2.1on Ubuntu 18.04
To intall SilverStripe CMS 4.2.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
SilverStripe is a free and open source Content Management System (CMS) and Framework for creating and maintaining websites and web applications. It provides an out of the box web-based administration panel that enables users to make modifications to parts of the website, which includes a WYSIWYG website editor. With this, the method to install SilverStripe on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
Prerequisites
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )
Php installation with required following modules
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc
php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0 php7.0-common php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap php7.0-xml php7.0-intl php7.0-cli php7.0-ldap
php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl
Installation
Download a SilverStripe package using the following URL
https://www.silverstripe.org/download/
In my case, I have already download the package, Go to the download directory
root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /home/user1/Downloads/
Extract the downloaded package
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1/Downloads# unzip SilverStripe-cms-v4.2.1.zip -d SilverStripe
Archive: SilverStripe-cms-v4.2.1.zip
inflating: SilverStripe/CONTRIBUTING.md
inflating: SilverStripe/behat.yml
inflating: SilverStripe/.gitattributes
inflating: SilverStripe/.env.example
inflating: SilverStripe/.cow.json
inflating: SilverStripe/README.md
.
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extracting: SilverStripe/.git/HEAD
inflating: SilverStripe/.git/config
inflating: SilverStripe/.git/index
inflating: SilverStripe/.git/description
creating: SilverStripe/.git/branches/
inflating: SilverStripe/build.xml
inflating: SilverStripe/.travis.yml
inflating: SilverStripe/phpunit.xml.dist
Move the extracted file into the HTML directory
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1/Downloads# mv SilverStripe /var/www/
Navigate to the apache document root directory
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1/Downloads# cd /var/www/
Change ownership and permission of the as SilverStripe follows
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data SilverStripe
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 SilverStripe
Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the SilverStripe
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/silverstripe.conf
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/SilverStripe/
AllowOverride All
allow from all
Enable site access
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite silverstripe.conf
Enabling site silverstripe.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Disable default access
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Enable rewrite module
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
Restart the apache service to make the changes effect
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2
Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://
You will see the version SilevrStripe
Configure Database setup, Admin user setup and Site information as follows
After the configuration, you will see the following page as shown below
You can log in using the admin user credentials
After the Successful login, you will see the Admin dashboard of SilverStripe as shown below
You will see the Homepage of SilverStripe as shown below
With this, the method to install SilverStripe CMS 4.2.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
In any workspace, on the Home tab, in the Site group, click Publish.
On the Publishing Settings dialog, enter the server info you received from your web host.
Click Validate Connection to ensure that the settings are correct.
Click Publish.
If you have not published your database before, select the Database checkbox.
After previewing the changes, click Continue.
Open WebMatrix and select Site from Web Gallery.
Select the CMS category on the left-hand side.
Find SilverStripe CMS in the list and install it.
In any workspace, on the Home tab, in the Site group, click Run or press F12 to open the site in your default web browser.
Follow the instructions to complete installation.