How to Install Bludit CMS in Ubuntu

To Install Bludit CMS in Ubuntu

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. This article explains the installation of Bludit CMS tool in Ubuntu.

Installation of Bludit CMS

Run the following apt-get command to update the system packages.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]                
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources [55.8 kB]      
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources         
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                   
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en                             
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                             
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                               
Fetched 1,893 kB in 24s (75.8 kB/s)                                                                   
Reading package lists... Done

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install php5-gd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libntdb1 python-ntdb
Use ' apt-get autoremove'  to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  php5-gd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.0 kB of archives.
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php5_invoke: Enable module gd for apache2 SAPI
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php5 (5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4) ...

Now you need to download the latest stable version of Bludit.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/bludit-s3/bludit-builds/bludit-1-5-2.zip
--2016-11-09 15:07:40--  https://s3.amazonaws.com/bludit-s3/bludit-builds/bludit-1-5-2.zip
Resolving s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)... 54.231.121.82
Connecting to s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)|54.231.121.82|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 937609 (916K) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ bludit-1-5-2.zip’ 

bludit-1-5-2.zip          100%[======================================> ] 915.63K   101KB/s   in 22s    

2016-11-09 15:08:04 (41.9 KB/s) - ‘ bludit-1-5-2.zip’  saved [937609/937609]

Use the following command to unzip the downloaded package.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# unzip bludit-1-5-2.zip
Archive:  bludit-1-5-2.zip
   creating: bludit/
  inflating: bludit/.htaccess        
   creating: bludit/bl-content/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/content.class.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/dbjson.class.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/plugin.class.php  
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/admin/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/admin/controllers/
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/admin/controllers/about.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/admin/controllers/add-user.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/admin/controllers/configure-plugin.php  
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inflating: bludit/index.php        
  inflating: bludit/install.php      

Immediately move the extracted file into the respective directory.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# mv bludit /var/www/html/

Set the file permissions for Bludit CMS.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/bludit/bl-content

Enable the module rewrite with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# a2enmod rewrite 
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 restart

Here you need to create a file as shown below,

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf

Then create the soft link.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/bludit.conf

Once the above process is completed, configure the Apache web server. Create a new virtual host directive in Apache and add the following lines.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf

< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bludit/
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com

Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all

< ?Directory> 

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-access_log common

Save and exit the file.

Restart Apache web server to take effect.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# service apache2 restart

Open the Bludit installer through the default admin username and password.

If you are using a firewall then open the port 80 to enable access for the control panel.

Now its ready to use, create your own website and blog.