How to install Bludit 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Bludit 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Bludit is an open source and extensible file-based CMS application that stores post and pages by using the flat files. It allows the users to built a fully functional site or blog in an easy way. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Bludit on Ubuntu 18.04.

Prerequisites
To 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 Bludit package using the following URL

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net/builds/bludit-2-3-4.zip
--2018-06-01 16:48:36--  https://df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net/builds/bludit-2-3-4.zip
Resolving df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net (df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net)... 13.33.142.145, 13.33.142.133, 13.33.142.170, ...
Connecting to df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net (df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net)|13.33.142.145|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1768520 (1.7M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘;bludit-2-3-4.zip’;

bludit-2-3-4.zip        100%[==============================>]   1.69M   471KB/s    in 4.2s    

2018-06-01 16:48:41 (416 KB/s) - ‘;bludit-2-3-4.zip’; saved [1768520/1768520]

After Downloading extract the downloaded package

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip bludit-2-3-4.zip
Archive:  bludit-2-3-4.zip
   creating: bludit-2-3-4/
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/install.php  
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/index.php  
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/LICENSE
.
.
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/fr_FR.json  
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/uk_UA.json  
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/es.json  
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/pl_PL.json  
   creating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-content/
  inflating: bludit-2-3-4/.htaccess

Move the extracted file into the HTML directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv bludit-2-3-4 /var/www/

Navigate to the apache document root directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/

Change ownership and permission of the as Bludit follows

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data bludit-2-3-4
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 bludit-2-3-4/

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Bludit

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/bludit-2-3-4/

<Directory /var/www/bludit-2-3-4/>
AllowOverride All
allow from all
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Enable site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite bludit.conf
Enabling site bludit.
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://<ipaddress or domain name

Choose the language for using Blidit as shown below

Configure the Admin user setup

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 Bludit as shown below

You will see the version of Bludit

With this, the method to install Bludit 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.