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How to install Backdrop 1.10.1 on MX Linux 17

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To install Backdrop 1.10.1 on MX Linux 17

Backdrop CMS is a full-featured content management system that permits the non-technical users to manage a wide variety of content. It can be used to create all kinds of websites including blogs, image galleries, social networks, intranets, and more. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Backdrop on MX Linux 17.

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 Backdrop package by using wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.10.1/backdrop.zip
--2018-09-15 02:49:32--  https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/download/1.10.1/backdrop.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
.
.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 9281674 (8.9M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘backdrop.zip’

backdrop.zip             100%[==================================>]   8.85M  1.13MB/s    in 9.7s    

2018-09-15 02:49:44 (932 KB/s) - ‘backdrop.zip’ saved [9281674/9281674]

After Downloading extract the downloaded package by using unzip command.

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip backdrop.zip 
Archive:  backdrop.zip
  inflating: backdrop/files/.htaccess  
  inflating: backdrop/files/README.md  
  inflating: backdrop/core/includes/database/mysql/query.inc  
  inflating: backdrop/core/includes/database/mysql/install.inc  
  inflating: backdrop/core/includes/database/mysql/database.inc  
  inflating: backdrop/core/includes/database/mysql/schema.inc  
  inflating: backdrop/core/includes/database/query.inc
.
.
  inflating: backdrop/sites/sites.php  
  inflating: backdrop/sites/README.md  
  inflating: backdrop/index.php      
  inflating: backdrop/robots.txt     
  inflating: backdrop/.htaccess      
  inflating: backdrop/.editorconfig  
  inflating: backdrop/README.md      
  inflating: backdrop/.gitignore     
  inflating: backdrop/settings.php

Move the extracted file into the HTML directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv backdrop /var/www/

Navigate to the apache document root directory

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/

Change ownership and permission of the as Backdrop follows

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data backdrop
root@linuxhelp:/var/www# chmod -R 775 backdrop

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Backdrop

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/backdrop.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/backdrop/

<Directory /var/www/backdrop/>
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Enable the site access

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# a2ensite backdrop.conf
Enabling site backdrop.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
 service apache2 reload

Disable the default access

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload

Enable the rewrite module

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 restart

Restart the apache service to make the changes effect

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# service apache2 restart
[ ok ] Restarting Apache httpd web server: apache2

Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://<ipaddress or domain name 1

Choose the language for using Backdrop as shown below 2

Configure the Database setup as follows 3

You will see the installation of backdrop 4

Configure the Site information and Admin user setup as follow 5

After the configuration, you will see the Homepage as shown below 6

Access the login page from the options shown below 7

You will see the version of Backdrop 8

With this, the method to install Backdrop on MX Linux 17 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Which version of PHP is Supported by Backdrop CMS?

A

Backdrop CMS in Ubuntu requires PHP 5.3.2 or higher

Q

What Kind of Database can be supported by Backdrop CMS?

A

Backdrop CMS supports MySQL or MariaDB 5.0.15 or higher (with PDO).

Q

How to Enable and configure your new module in Backdrop CMS?

A

• Enable the module. Navigate to Administer > Functionality or http://example.com/admin/modules. Check the 'Enabled' box next to the module and then click the 'Save Configuration' button at the bottom. Note: If you are updating an existing module, you'll need to run the update script. Visit http://www.example.com/update.php, then click 'Continue' (after making a backup of your database.
• Set up permissions. Some modules will require that you set permissions. Navigate to Administer > Extend and click on the 'Permissions' button for the desired module. You can go directly to the Permissions page (Administer > People > Permissions) and scroll down to see if the module appears in the list. If it does, give the appropriate permissions to desired roles.
• Adjust settings. If the module has a settings page it can usually be located by navigating to the modules page (Administer > Extend) and clicking on the 'Configure' link for that module.

Q

How much Disk Space Backdrop CMS requires ?

A

A minimum installation requires 15 MB. A website with many contributed modules and themes installed may need 60 MB or more. A lot more space may be required for the database and files or media uploaded by the website's users.

Q

What type of Permission should be assigned for Backdrop CMS ?

A

The files directory in the Backdrop root must be writable by the webserver.
If the user who logs into the server (either by ftp or ssh) is my-user and the webserver user is www-data

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