How to install Jaws CMS 1.3.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Jaws CMS 1.3.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Install Git package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install git -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done

The following additional packages will be installed:


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Unpacking git (1:2.17.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up git-man (1:2.17.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up liberror-perl (0.17025-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Setting up git (1:2.17.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Clone the Jaws CMS from the Git

root@linuxhelp1:~# git clone https://github.com/jaws-project/jaws.git Cloning into ' jaws' ...
remote: Counting objects: 85495, done.
remote: Total 85495 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 85495
Receiving objects: 100% (85495/85495), 31.89 MiB | 243.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (51244/51244), done.

Move the Jaws directory to the following path

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv jaws /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 jaws
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 jaws

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Jaws CMS application

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/jaws.conf < VirtualHost \*:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/jaws/

< Directory /var/www/jaws/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

Enable the site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite jaws.conf Enabling site jaws.
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

Restart the apache2 service

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2 

Open a browser and type the following URL http://local IP (or ) domain name

Choose the language to use the Jaws CMS

create a key file at the jaws directory

Copy the key, then paste it into the following directory

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# cd jaws/install/ 
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/jaws/install# vim key.txt
\[..\]
c40a73cef765fce4f02077bc792146e715273585561527358556520
\[..\]

Restart the apache service

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www/jaws/install# systemctl restart apache2

proceed to customize your Site

Verify whether all the requirement of Jaws CMS application is met.

Configure the database setup as follows

Configure the admin user account setup

Configure the site settings.

Save all the configuration and proceed further.

After the successful installation, you will see the following page as shown below

Log in using the admin account setup

After the successful login, you will see the admin cpanel of Jaws CMS

with this, the method to install Jaws CMS 1.3.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.