How to install FlatPress CMS on Ubuntu 18.04
To Install FlatPress CMS on Ubuntu 18.04
FlatPress is an open source, multi-lingual extensible blogging engine which does not require a database. It stores all of its content on text files. It also contains features like support of various plugins, widget support, customizable themes.
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
Download a Flatpress package using the following command
root@linuxhelp1:~# wget wget https://github.com/evacchi/flatpress/archive/v1.0.3.zip
--2018-06-25 14:33:09-- http://wget/
Resolving wget (wget)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘ wget’
.
.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ v1.0.3.zip’
v1.0.3.zip [ < => ] 882.31K 333KB/s in 2.6s
2018-06-25 14:33:15 (333 KB/s) - ‘ v1.0.3.zip’ saved [903485]
FINISHED --2018-06-25 14:33:15--
Total wall clock time: 6.6s
Downloaded: 1 files, 882K in 2.6s (333 KB/s)
The downloaded package is a zip file, so unzip the package using the following command
root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip v1.0.3.zip
Archive: v1.0.3.zip
d4ad93a661c158df52a53b17fcaad8a963545033
creating: flatpress-1.0.3/
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/CHANGELOG
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/COPYING
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/LICENSE
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/README
.
.
creating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/footer.tpl.php
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/header.tpl.php
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/locked.tpl.php
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/step1.tpl.php
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/step2.tpl.php
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/setup/tpls/step3.tpl.php
inflating: flatpress-1.0.3/static.php
Move the extracted file into the HTML directory
root@linuxhelp1:~# mv flatpress-1.0.3 /var/www/
Switch to the following directory
root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/
Change the ownership and permission of the file as follows
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data flatpress-1.0.3
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 flatpress-1.0.3
Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Flatpress application
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/flatpress.conf
< VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/flatpress-1.0.3/
< Directory /var/www/flatpress-1.0.3/>
Allowoverride All
allow from all
< /Directory>
< /VirtualHost>
Enable the site access
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite flatpress.conf
Enabling site flatpress.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Disable the 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 the rewrite module
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
After the confirmation setup Restart the apache2 service
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
Welcome page of Flatpress cms
Configure the Admin user setup as follows
After the configuration you will see the following page as shown below
After all the Setup you can log in using the admin user credentials
After the Successful login, you will see the welcome page of Flat press CMS as shown below
You can access the admin cpanel of the flat press cms using the following options
With this, the method to install FlatPress CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
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