How to install and configure Back-Drop CMS on CentOS 8.1

To Install and Configure Back-drop CMS on CentOS 8.1

INTRODUCTION:

Backdrop CMS is a simple and complete CMS tool that is used to create web-based content that includes sites, blogs, image galleries, social networks. Using this tool, Persons with the least technical knowledge can efficiently create web content. This video will cover the method of installation of Back-drop CMS on CentOS 8.1

Installation Procedure:

To check Installed version of OS use the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-8.2-2.2004.0.1.el8.x86_64

Now download Back-drop CMS using the wget

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/archive/1.16.2.zip
--2020-11-23 03:24:51--  https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/archive/1.16.2.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://codeload.github.com/backdrop/backdrop/zip/1.16.2 [following]
--2020-07-31 03:24:51--  https://codeload.github.com/backdrop/backdrop/zip/1.16.2
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 13.233.43.20
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|13.233.43.20|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘1.16.2.zip’

1.16.2.zip                  [     <=>                      ]   9.33M   909KB/s    in 10s     

Now extract the file of Back-Drop CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip 1.16.2.zip
Archive:  1.16.2.zip
50fd5d6b79a4c82a42cd203688d4ffe05a062fd4
   creating: backdrop-1.16.2/
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/.editorconfig  
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/.gitignore  
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/.htaccess  
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/README.md  
   creating: backdrop-1.16.2/core/
.
.
   creating: backdrop-1.16.2/sites/
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/sites/README.md  
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/sites/sites.php  
   creating: backdrop-1.16.2/themes/
  inflating: backdrop-1.16.2/themes/README.md\

Move backdrop file to Apache root directory

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv backdrop-1.16.2 /var/www/backdrop

Now change the ownership for backdrop directory using the following command

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/backdrop/

Now change permission for backdrop file

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/backdrop/

Now create virtual host for backdrop CMS

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

Now login to MySQL to create database and user using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 8
Server version: 10.3.17-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> create database back_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.073 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'back_user'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc34';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.253 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on back_db.* to 'back_user' @localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.058 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye

Now restart the Apache service to update the changes

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Now open your browser and type your domain name there. Choose setting Database configuration Installing Backdrop CMS Now Configure the site details Dashborad page of Backdrop CMS.

With this method the process of installation of Back drop CMS comes to end On CentOS 8.1.