How to install Flatpress CMS on Ubuntu 21.04

To Install Flatpress CMS on Ubuntu 21.04

Introduction

CMS stands for the content management system, which is the software used to manage digital content. It relies on text files to store all of its content, so it does not need MySQL.

Prerequisites:

• Apache Web server

• Php and Its Modules

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 21.04
Release:	21.04
Codename:	hirsute

Step 2: Download the Flatpress CMS by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/archive/1.1.zip
--2021-11-22 23:28:08--  https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/archive/1.1.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.176.102
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.176.102|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/zip/1.1 [following]
--2021-11-22 23:28:08--  https://codeload.github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/zip/1.1
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 13.127.152.42
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|13.127.152.42|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘1.1.zip’

1.1.zip                           [    <=>                                         ]   1021K  1.33MB/s    in 0.8s    

2021-11-22 23:28:09 (1.33 MB/s) - ‘1.1.zip’ saved [1045826]
	

Step3: Extract Flatpress CMS by using the following com mand

root@linuxhelp:~# 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/
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/admin/admin-inline.tpl  
   creating: flatpress-1.1/admin/imgs/
 extracting: flatpress-1.1/admin/imgs/config.png  



inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/step2.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/setup/tpls/step3.tpl.php  
  inflating: flatpress-1.1/static.php  

Step 3: Move the extracted file to the apache home directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv flatpress-1.1/ /var/www/flatpress

Step 4: Change Ownership to the CMS directory

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

Step 5: Give write Permission to the CMS directory

root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 775 /var/www/flatpress

Step 6: Create Virtual Host for the Creating Virtual Host for the Flatpress CMS

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/flatpress.conf

<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/flatpress

</virtualhost>

Step 7: Disable the default Virtual Host file of apache

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

Step 8: Enable the Virtual Host

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

Step 9: Enable the read write module of apache

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

Step 10: Restart the apache webserver

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Step 11: Make host entry for Flatpress CMS

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/hosts
192.168.6.115 www.linuxhelp1.com

Ping the domain

Click Next to continue

Create users

Log in with creted user

By this the installation of Flat CMS has been completed