How to install impress cms 1.3.11 on ubuntu 18.10

Installation of impress cms 1.3.11 on Ubuntu 18.10

Installation procedure

You need to configure the LAMP setup For the Installation of impress CMS If you dont have the Lamp setup Refer Here

Check the Ubuntu version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 18.10
Release:	18.10
Codename:	cosmic

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 4
Server version: 5.7.25-0ubuntu0.18.10.2 (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 impress;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> create user 'impuser'@localhost identified by '123456';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> grant all privileges on impress.* to 'impuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql> exit
Bye

Once the database configuration is done, you shall download the impress cms by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/archive/v1.3.11.zip
--2019-04-13 14:53:58--  https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/archive/v1.3.11.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/zip/v1.3.11 [following]
--2019-04-13 14:54:00--  https://codeload.github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/zip/v1.3.11
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: ‘v1.3.11.zip’
v1.3.11.zip                        [               <=>                                ]  22.93M   899KB/s    in 50s     
2019-04-13 14:54:51 (469 KB/s) - ‘v1.3.11.zip’ saved [24049281]

Once the installation package is downloaded,extract the download package using unzip command

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip v1.3.11.zip
Archive:  v1.3.11.zip
347d11a4a83c7eac055356f68131bbbaa7d9e108
   creating: impresscms-1.3.11/
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/.editorconfig  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/.gitattributes  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/.gitignore  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/.scrutinizer.yml  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/XOOPS_copyrights.txt  
   creating: impresscms-1.3.11/docs/
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/docs/changelog.txt  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/docs/impresscms_1.3_refactoring.ods  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/docs/language_changelog.txt  
.
.
.
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/upgrade/upd-icms-1.0-to-1.1/index.php  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/upgrade/upd-icms-1.0-to-1.1/mainfile.dist.php  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/upgrade/upd-icms-1.0-to-1.1/settings_db.php  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/upgrade/upd-icms-1.0-to-1.1/settings_salt.php  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/upgrade/upd-icms-1.0-to-1.1/settings_trust_path.php  
  inflating: impresscms-1.3.11/upgrade/upgrade_tpl.php  

Once the above step is completed move the impress cms directory to apache root directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv impresscms-1.3.11 /var/www/impress

Set the ownership and permission for impress directory

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

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

Next step is very crucial. You need to configure the Apache VirtualHost for impress cms.

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/impress.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/impress/htdocs
</Virtualhost>

Disable the default site access for enabling impress cms

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 impress cms

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite impress.conf
Enabling site impress.
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

Once the above step is completed restart the apache service

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Switch to your browser and enter your domain name

Now you should see the installation page of ImpressCMS, First, choose the installation language and move next The script will perform a check if all server requirements are met click as shown below. Check your server configuration path settings must be configured change it to trusted path Enter the database user name Enter the database name save all the configuration verify the created database tables Configure the admin credentials verify the Data insertion Select the modules to install

After the configuration, you will see the welcome page of Impress CMS login to the admin page of impress cms with admin credentials. After successful login, you will see the admin page of impress cms

With this the method to install Impress cms 1.3.11 on Ubuntu 18.10 comes to an end