How to Install Clipper CMS on Linuxmint 19

Installation of Clipper CMS On Linuxmint 19

Clipper CMS is a flexible and powerful open source content management system. Clipper CMS is that allows you to create and publish your personal blogs and also complex and dynamic applications on the web. Although it can be used to web publishing and manage content on an intrenet or on a single computer.This tutorial covers the installation of clipper cms on Linuxmint 19

Requirements for Clipper CMS:

Apache

Mysql

Php and Its modules

(php php-mbstring php-xml php-gd php-curl php-common php-mysql php-soap php-mysql php-mcrypt)

Installation procedure

Check the Linuxmint version using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

Configure the MySQL database. Log into MySQL as a root user and make the necessary settings.

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (Ubuntu)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 clipperdb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> create user 'clipperuser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql> grant all privileges on clipperdb.* to 'clipperuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit
Bye

Once the database configuration is done, you shall download the clipper cms with the help of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/archive/clipper_1.3.3.zip
--2019-07-25 00:35:04--  https://github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/archive/clipper_1.3.3.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/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/zip/clipper_1.3.3 [following]
--2019-07-25 00:35:05--  https://codeload.github.com/ClipperCMS/ClipperCMS/zip/clipper_1.3.3
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘clipper_1.3.3.zip’

clipper_1.3.3.zip                  [                                       <=>        ]   5.89M   671KB/s    in 10s     

2019-07-25 00:35:16 (589 KB/s) - ‘clipper_1.3.3.zip’ saved [6173410]

Once the download is completed extract the download package using unzip command

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip clipper_1.3.3.zip
Archive:  clipper_1.3.3.zip
0ee9f2cb5bafc683fb7424d484669356c0662ac4
   creating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/.gitignore  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/README.md  
   creating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/assets/
.
.
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_user.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/save_web_user.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/undelete_content.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/unpublish_content.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/user_documents_permissions.class.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/manager/processors/web_access_groups.processor.php  
  inflating: ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3/sample-robots.txt  

Move the clipper cms directory to apache root directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv ClipperCMS-clipper_1.3.3 /var/www/clipper

Set the ownership and permission for clipper cms by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/clipper

root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/clipper

Configure the virtualhost for accessing the clipper cms

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/clipper.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/clipper
<directory /var/www/clipper>
allowoverride all
allow form all
</Virtualhost>

Disable the default site access

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

Enable the site access for clipper cms

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite clipper.conf
Enabling site clipper.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Enable the rewrite module

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2

Restart the apache service by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Switch to your browser and enter your domain name Choose the language for the Clipper CMS Select the new installation mode Configure the database information Configure the admin steup

Setup the optional items such as site modules, timezone, and Locales Verify the pre-install validation You will see the installation results of clipper cms Now, log in using the Admin user credential of clipper CMS After the successful login, you will see the Homepage of Clipper CMS With this, the method to install Clipper CMS Linuxmint 19 comes to an end.