To Install and configure Joomla CMS on Fedora 34.

Introduction:

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (cms) for publishing web content. A model-view-controller framework that is independent of a cms enables you to build powerful online applications using this software.

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/"
VARIANT_ID=workstation

Step 2: Install the Joomla CMS package by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-4/Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
--2021-11-25 10:07:20--  https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-4/Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
Resolving downloads.joomla.org (downloads.joomla.org)... 104.26.14.15, 172.67.74.86, 104.26.15.15, ...
Connecting to downloads.joomla.org (downloads.joomla.org)|104.26.14.15|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
Location: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/joomla-official-downloads/joomladownloads/joomla4/Joomla_4.0.4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6LXDJLNUINX2AVMH%2F20211125%2Fus-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211125T043721Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=580256a40ec7f1275a48160f968c41b4a4feb672bae73687b737445d57489377 [following]
--2021-11-25 10:07:21--  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/joomla-official-downloads/joomladownloads/joomla4/Joomla_4.0.4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6LXDJLNUINX2AVMH%2F20211125%2Fus-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211125T043721Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=580256a40ec7f1275a48160f968c41b4a4feb672bae73687b737445d57489377
Resolving s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com (s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com)... 52.218.128.148
Connecting to s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com (s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com)|52.218.128.148|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 26627743 (25M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip’

Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Packag 100%[=======================================================>]  25.39M  4.02MB/s    in 12s     

2021-11-25 10:07:34 (2.11 MB/s) - ‘Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip’ saved [26627743/26627743]

Step 3: Unzip the downloaded Joomla package into the directory by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip -d /var/www/joomla
  creating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/build_incomplete.html  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/index.php  
   creating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/
 extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/general.min.css.gz  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/error.min.css  
 extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/editor.min.css.gz  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/offline.min.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/offline.css  
 ext
racting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/offline.min.css.gz  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/editor.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/offline_rtl.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/offline_rtl.min.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/general.min.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/error_rtl.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/error_rtl.min.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/editor.min.css  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/general.css  
 extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/error_rtl.min.css.gz  
 extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/offline_rtl.min.css.gz  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/error.css  
 extracting: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/css/error.min.css.gz  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/fatal.php  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/fatal-error.html  
   creating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/error_rtl.scss  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/offline.scss  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/editor.scss  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/offline_rtl.scss  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/general.scss  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/scss/error.scss  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/offline.php  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/incompatible.html  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/component.php  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/templates/system/error.php  
   creating: /var/www/joomla/tmp/
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/tmp/index.html  
  inflating: /var/www/joomla/web.config.txt  

Step 4: Give the owner and group name in the directory by using the below command.

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

Step 5: Give permission to the directory by using the below command.

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

Step 6: Open the apache configuration file and create the virtualhost by using the below command.

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/joomla.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
  Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
	documentroot /var/www/joomla
<directory /var/www/joomla>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</Virtualhost>

Step 7: To open the hosts entry file and enter your ip address and domain name by using the below command.

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 linuxhelp123.com

Step 8: Then restart the httpd by using the below command

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 9: Create the 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 8
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 joomla;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)

mysql> use joomla;
Database changed
mysql> create user 'joomlauser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> grant all privileges on joomla.* to 'joomlauser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

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

mysql> exit
Bye

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd