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How To Install FlatPress CMS 1.1 On Centos7.6

FlatPress CMS 1.1 Installation On Centos7.6

Flatpress is a lightweight, easy-to-set-up blogging engine. Plain and simple and no database needed. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of FlatPress CMS 1.1 On Centos7.6.

Features:

No need to fiddle with SQL Easy to backup! Just copy one directory Easy plugin system Widget support Easy to customize with themes (powered by Smarty)

Software Requirements:

Apache 2.2+

PHP 5.3+

Installation

Check the version of Centos using lsb_release .

[root@linuxhelp ~]# lsb_release -d
Description:	CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)

Install ,enable and Start the Apache Server

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install httpd
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: ftp.iitm.ac.in
 * extras: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
 * updates: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-88.el7.centos will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.4.6-88.el7.centos for package: httpd-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /etc/mime.types for package: httpd-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libaprutil-1.so.0()(64bit) for package: httpd-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libapr-1.so.0()(64bit) for package: httpd-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package apr.x86_64 0:1.4.8-3.el7_4.1 will be installed
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unning transaction
  Installing : apr-1.4.8-3.el7_4.1.x86_64                                                                                                1/5 
  Installing : apr-util-1.5.2-6.el7.x86_64                                                                                               2/5 
  Installing : httpd-tools-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64                                                                                    3/5 
  Installing : mailcap-2.1.41-2.el7.noarch                                                                                               4/5 
  Installing : httpd-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64                                                                                          5/5 
  Verifying  : httpd-tools-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64                                                                                    1/5 
  Verifying  : apr-1.4.8-3.el7_4.1.x86_64                                                                                                2/5 
  Verifying  : mailcap-2.1.41-2.el7.noarch                                                                                               3/5 
  Verifying  : httpd-2.4.6-88.el7.centos.x86_64                                                                                          4/5 
  Verifying  : apr-util-1.5.2-6.el7.x86_64                                                                                               5/5 

Installed:
  httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-88.el7.centos                                                                                                         

Dependency Installed:
  apr.x86_64 0:1.4.8-3.el7_4.1   apr-util.x86_64 0:1.5.2-6.el7   httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.6-88.el7.centos   mailcap.noarch 0:2.1.41-2.el7

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable httpd
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.

Check the status of Apache Server:

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl status httpd
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-04-01 07:46:47 IST; 7s ago

To Install PHP,we need to install the 3 third-party repositories which are

Epel-release

Webtatic release

Remi-release

Install the epel-release by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install epel-release yum-utils -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: ftp.iitm.ac.in
 * extras: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
 * updates: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-11 will be installed
---> Package yum-utils.noarch 0:1.1.31-45.el7 will be updated
---> Package yum-utils.noarch 0:1.1.31-50.el7 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
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Running transaction
  Updating   : yum-utils-1.1.31-50.el7.noarch                                                                                            1/3 
  Installing : epel-release-7-11.noarch                                                                                                  2/3 
  Cleanup    : yum-utils-1.1.31-45.el7.noarch                                                                                            3/3 
  Verifying  : epel-release-7-11.noarch                                                                                                  1/3 
  Verifying  : yum-utils-1.1.31-50.el7.noarch                                                                                            2/3 
  Verifying  : yum-utils-1.1.31-45.el7.noarch                                                                                            3/3 

Installed:
  epel-release.noarch 0:7-11                                                                                                                 

Updated:
  yum-utils.noarch 0:1.1.31-50.el7

Download And Install the webtatic release repository

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm
--2019-04-01 07:48:02--  https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm
Resolving mirror.webtatic.com (mirror.webtatic.com)... 46.101.64.32
Connecting to mirror.webtatic.com (mirror.webtatic.com)|46.101.64.32|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13152 (13K) [application/x-redhat-package-manager]
Saving to: ‘webtatic-release.rpm’

100%[===================================================================================================>] 13,152      --.-K/s   in 0s      

2019-04-01 07:48:03 (241 MB/s) - ‘webtatic-release.rpm’ saved [13152/13152]

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -Uvh webtatic-release.rpm 
warning: webtatic-release.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 62e74ca5: NOKEY
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:webtatic-release-7-3             ################################# [100%]

Download And Install the remi-release repository by the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
--2019-04-01 07:48:39--  http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
Resolving rpms.remirepo.net (rpms.remirepo.net)... 195.154.241.117, 2001:bc8:33a1:100::1
Connecting to rpms.remirepo.net (rpms.remirepo.net)|195.154.241.117|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16004 (16K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: ‘remi-release-7.rpm’

100%[===================================================================================================>] 16,004      --.-K/s   in 0.001s  

2019-04-01 07:48:40 (29.6 MB/s) - ‘remi-release-7.rpm’ saved [16004/16004]

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -Uvh remi-release-7.rpm 
warning: remi-release-7.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 00f97f56: NOKEY
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:remi-release-7.6-2.el7.remi      ################################# [100%]

Enable the remi-repository with php72 version.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
============================================================= repo: remi-php72 ==============================================================
[remi-php72]
async = True
bandwidth = 0
base_persistdir = /var/lib/yum/repos/x86_64/7
baseurl = 
cache = 0
cachedir = /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/remi-php72
check_config_file_age = True
compare_providers_priority = 80
cost = 1000
deltarpm_metadata_percentage = 100
deltarpm_percentage = 
enabled = 1
enablegroups = True
exclude = 
failovermethod = priority
ftp_disable_epsv = False
gpgcadir = /var/lib/yum/repos/x86_64/7/remi-php72/gpgcadir
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sslverify = True
throttle = 0
timeout = 30.0
ui_id = remi-php72
ui_repoid_vars = releasever,
   basearch
username =

Install the php modules for Flatpress CMS 1.1.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install php php-gd php-pdo php-mysql php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-pecl-zip php-simplexml
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/x86_64/metalink                                                                                                  | 7.4 kB  00:00:00     
 * base: ftp.iitm.ac.in
 * epel: kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id
 * extras: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
 * remi-php72: mirror.reconn.ru
 * remi-safe: mirror.reconn.ru
 * updates: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
 * webtatic: uk.repo.webtatic.com
epel                                                                                                                  | 4.7 kB  00:00:00     
remi-php72                                                                                                            | 3.0 kB  00:00:00     
remi-safe                                                                                                             | 3.0 kB  00:00:00     
webtatic                                                                                                              | 3.6 kB  00:00:00     
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Installed:
  php.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi          php-fpm.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi                php-gd.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi              
  php-imap.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi     php-mbstring.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi           php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi         
  php-pdo.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi      php-pecl-mcrypt.x86_64 0:1.0.2-2.el7.remi.7.2     php-pecl-zip.x86_64 0:1.15.4-1.el7.remi.7.2    
  php-xml.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi     

Dependency Installed:
  gd-last.x86_64 0:2.2.5-8.el7.remi            libargon2.x86_64 0:20161029-2.el7               libc-client.x86_64 0:2007f-16.el7            
  libmcrypt.x86_64 0:2.5.8-13.el7              libwebp7.x86_64 0:1.0.2-1.el7.remi              libzip5.x86_64 0:1.5.2-1.el7.remi            
  php-cli.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi           php-common.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi           php-json.x86_64 0:7.2.16-1.el7.remi

check the verison of php.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# php -v
PHP 7.2.16 (cli) (built: Mar  5 2019 14:45:10) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies

Check the modules of php by using m option.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# php -m
[PHP Modules]
bz2
calendar
Core
ctype
curl
date
dom
exif
fileinfo
filter
ftp
gd
gettext
hash
iconv
json
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xml
xmlreader
xmlwriter
xsl
zip
zlib

Download the Flatpress CMS Under the Document Root directory OF Apache.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /var/www
[root@linuxhelp www]# wget https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/archive/1.1.zip
--2019-04-01 10:03:27--  https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/archive/1.1.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/zip/1.1 [following]
--2019-04-01 10:03:29--  https://codeload.github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/zip/1.1
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121, 192.30.253.120
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: ‘1.1.zip’

    [              <=>                                                                                   ] 1,045,826    280KB/s   in 3.7s   

2019-04-01 10:03:33 (280 KB/s) - ‘1.1.zip’ saved [1045826]

[root@linuxhelp www]# ll
total 1024
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1045826 Apr  1 10:03 1.1.zip
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root       6 Nov  5 07:17 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root       6 Nov  5 07:17 html

extract the downloaded zip file by using unzip command

[root@linuxhelp www]# unzip 1.1.zip 
Archive:  1.1.zip
0b3fdc7d4e583f8be840b7130a9e4320a3f85200
   creating: flatpress-1.1/
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/.gitignore  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/CHANGELOG.md  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/LICENSE.md  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/README.md  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/admin.php  
   creating: flatpress-1.1/admin/
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inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/res/setup.css  
   creating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/footer.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/header.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/locked.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/step1.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/step2.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/step3.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/static.php

[root@linuxhelp www]# ll
total 1028
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1045826 Apr  1 10:03 1.1.zip
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       6 Nov  5 07:17 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root    4096 Feb 23 00:06 flatpress-1.1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       6 Nov  5 07:17 html

rename the extracted file to flatpress

[root@linuxhelp www]# mv flatpress-1.1/ flatpress
[root@linuxhelp www]# ll
total 1028
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1045826 Apr  1 10:03 1.1.zip
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       6 Nov  5 07:17 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root    4096 Feb 23 00:06 flatpress
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       6 Nov  5 07:17 html

Assign Writable permissions to the flatpress directory recursively

[root@linuxhelp www]# chmod -R 775 flatpress/
[root@linuxhelp www]# cd flatpress/

Assign Full permissions to fp-content directory which is requirement for flatpress CMS.

[root@linuxhelp flatpress]# chmod 777 fp-content/

Create a ACUSTOMISED Configuration File for Flatpress CMS 1.1 Version

[root@linuxhelp flatpress]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/flatpress.conf
<VirtualHOst *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/flatpress/

<directory /var/www/flatpress/>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Test the configuration of Apache server before restarting the service of apache

[root@linuxhelp flatpress]# httpd -t
Syntax OK

Restart the service of Apache:

[root@linuxhelp flatpress]# systemctl restart httpd

Open the browser and type the servername that had set inside the customised configuration file for flatpress CMS snap1 Click next On the welcome page of FlatPress CMS snap2

Enroll the admin account details to install and click login now. snap3 snap4

With this, the method to install Flatpress CMS 1.1 on centos 7.6 has been completed

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

What is "Widget" support in Flatpress CMS ?

The widget has stand-alone functionality that can be installed on a website by the user. without any coding knowledge.

Does Flatpress CMS Support multiple users?

Multiple users are not supported in Flatpress CMS

What is blogging-engine in Flatpress CMS 1.1?

Blogging-engine is a software or service that allows us to publish the content on the internet in the form of blog

What does Stand-alone mean in Flatpress CMS 1.1?

The stand-alone device has the ability to function independently. It is referred to as a software program that does not require any software other than the operating system.

Can i use Wordpress themes and plug-ins from Flatpress 1.1 CMS?

No, WordPress plugins and themes are not supported in Flatpress CSM 1.1

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