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How to install and configure Anchor CMS on Fedora 34

To Install And Configure Anchor CMS On Fedora 34.

Introduction:

Anchor CMS is an open-source, light-weight and ultra-simple blogging system which is written in PHP and uses MySQL. It is used for markdown support, custom fields, themes, i18n compatibility and many more. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Anchor CMS on Fedora 34.

Installation Procedure:

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

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME=Fedora
VERSION="34 (Workstation Edition)"
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=34
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PLATFORM_ID="platform:f34"
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 34 (Workstation Edition)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/34/system-administrators-guide/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy"
VARIANT="Workstation Edition"
VARIANT_ID=workstation

Step 2: Create database by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 9
Server version: 8.0.27 MySQL Community Server - GPL
Copyright (c) 2000, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.


Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> create database anchor;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec)

mysql> create user 'anchoruser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)

mysql> grant all privileges on anchor.* to 'anchoruser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye

Step 3: Install the Anchor CMS package by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/releases/download/0.12.7/anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip
--2021-12-04 05:27:44--  https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/releases/download/0.12.7/anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/1697736/6dd0c6f6-47af-11e8-86a5-ffef4d0402f5?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20211203%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211203T235744Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=c9d9c86db648d6251267ac41ba7930b303349872a554ba4ddfb6b6591289e782&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=1697736&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Danchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2021-12-04 05:27:44--  https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/1697736/6dd0c6f6-47af-11e8-86a5-ffef4d0402f5?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20211203%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211203T235744Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=c9d9c86db648d6251267ac41ba7930b303349872a554ba4ddfb6b6591289e782&X-Amz- type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.109.133, 185.199.111.133, 185.199.110.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.109.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1612327 (1.5M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip’

anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip      100%[=============================================================>]   1.54M  2.33MB/s    in 0.7s    

2021-12-04 05:27:46 (2.33 MB/s) - ‘anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip’ saved [1612327/1612327]

Step 4: Unzip the downloaded package by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip -d /var/www/anchor
Archive:  anchor-cms-0.12.7-bundled.zip
   creating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.editorconfig  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/
   creating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/._.editorconfig  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/anchor-bg.jpeg  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/._anchor-bg.jpeg  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md  
inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/._CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/._CONTRIBUTING.md  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md  
 inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/._ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.github/._PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/._.github  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.gitignore  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/._.gitignore  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/.travis.yml  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/._.travis.yml  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/composer_check.php  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/._composer_check.php  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/aliases.php  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/._aliases.php  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/error.php  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/._error.php  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/migrations.php  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/config/._migrations.php  
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/._config  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/functions/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/functions/articles.php  
   creating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/functions/
  inflating: /var/www/anchor/__MACOSX/anchor-cms-0.12.7/anchor/functions/._articles.php  
finishing deferred symbolic links:
  /var/www/anchor/anchor-cms-0.12.7/vendor/bin/peridot -> ../peridot-php/peridot/bin/peridot

Step 5: Change the directory and list the files by using the below commands.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /var/www/anchor
[root@linuxhelp anchor]# ll

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 430 Apr 24  2018 anchor-cms-0.12.7
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root  72 Apr 24  2018 __MACOSX

Step 6: Give the owner and group name for this directory by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# chown -R apache:apache anchor-cms-0.12.7

Step 7: Give the permission for this directory by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# chmod -R 775 anchor-cms-0.12.7

Step 8: Open the httpd configuration file by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/anchor.conf

<virtualhost *:80>
         servername www.linexhelp1.com
         documentroot /var/www/anchor/ anchor-cms-0.12.7
<directory /var/www/ anchor/ anchor-cms-0.12.7>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Step 9: Open the hosts entry file and enter the IP and domain name by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# vim /etc/hosts

Step 10: Restart the httpd service by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 11: Change the directory by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# cd anchor-cms-0.12.7

Step 12: Install the composer by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor-cms-0.12.7]# dnf install composer
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                                                                                18 kB/s | 6.7 kB     00:00    
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                      66 kB/s | 6.9 kB     00:00    
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                      34 kB/s | 148 kB     00:04    
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                              14 kB/s | 7.2 kB     00:00    
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                             1.2 MB/s | 5.0 MB     00:04    
Fedora 34 - x86_64                                                                                       5.2 kB/s | 6.8 kB     00:01    
MySQL 8.0 Community Server                                                                               7.1 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00    
MySQL Connectors Community                                                                               8.3 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00    
MySQL Tools Community                                                                                    9.3 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00    
Install  24 Packages
Total download size: 11 M
Installed size: 38 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
done.a 34 - x86_64                                    [                                    ===         ]  16 kB/s |  10 kB     --:-- ETA
(1/24): php-psr-cache-1.0.1-11.fc34.noarch.rpm                                                            12 kB/s |  13 kB     00:01    
(2/24): php-psr-event-dispatcher-1.0.0-5.fc34.noarch.rpm                                                 9.3 kB/s |  11 kB     00:01    
(3/24): php-jsonlint-1.8.3-2.fc34.noarch.rpm                                                              13 kB/s |  19 kB     00:01    
(4/24): php-intl-7.4.26-1.fc34.remi.x86_64.rpm                                                           377 kB/s | 206 kB     00:00    
(5/24): php-react-promise-2.8.0-3.fc34.noarch.rpm                                                         36 kB/s |  26 kB     00:00    
(6/24): composer-2.1.14-1.fc34.remi.noarch.rpm                                                           814 kB/s | 440 kB     00:00    
(7/24): php-PsrLog-1.1.4-1.fc34.remi.noarch.rpm                                                           70 kB/s |  15 kB     00:00    
  php-symfony4-finder-4.4.35-1.fc34.remi.noarch                        php-symfony4-process-4.4.35-1.fc34.remi.noarch                   

Complete!

Step 13: Restart the httpd service by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp anchor]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 14: Then go to the browser and search your domain as shown in the below images.

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Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install and configure Anchor CMS on Fedora 34. Your feedback is much welcome.

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