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How To Install Omeka Classic CMS On CentOS 8

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How To Install Omeka Classic CMS On CentOS 8

Omeka Classic is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. This video covers the tutorial on Installation of Omeka Classic on CentOS 8

Installation process:

Check the CentOS version by using the following command

 [root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.8.el8.x86_64

Before the installation, you need to download the Omeka installation package.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/omeka/Omeka/releases/download/v2.7.1/omeka-2.7.1.zip
--2020-09-05 15:25:36--  https://github.com/omeka/Omeka/releases/download/v2.7.1/omeka-2.7.1.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/1981382/12ad8f00-41e2-11ea-8653-ade6baaa53a1?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20200905%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200905T095634Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=d1f5785e0474eea7d2cd4f0e7bc4caec5cfa6af478fdb351cf47f7ffbd55bc6a&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=1981382&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Domeka-2.7.1.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2020-09-05 15:25:36--  https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/1981382/12ad8f00-41e2-11ea-8653-ade6baaa53a1?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20200905%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200905T095634Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=d1f5785e0474eea7d2cd4f0e7bc4caec5cfa6af478fdb351cf47f7ffbd55bc6a&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=1981382&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Domeka-2.7.1.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.217.64.76
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.217.64.76|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16311161 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘omeka-2.7.1.zip’

omeka-2.7.1.zip        100%[============================>]  15.55M   818KB/s    in 40s     

2020-09-05 15:26:18 (395 KB/s) - ‘omeka-2.7.1.zip’ saved [16311161/16311161]

Once the download is completed, extract the Omeka by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip omeka-2.7.1.zip 
Archive:  omeka-2.7.1.zip
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/appearance/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/collections/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/common/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/css/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/css/media/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/element-sets/
  creating: omeka-2.7.1/admin/themes/default/elements/
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inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/javascripts/jquery-extra-selectors.js  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/javascripts/seasons.js  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/javascripts/vendor/modernizr.js  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/package.json  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/simple-pages/page/show.php  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/theme.ini  
 inflating: omeka-2.7.1/themes/seasons/theme.jpg

Move the Omeka directory to apache root directory

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv omeka-2.7.1 /var/www/omeka

Set the ownership and permission for Omeka CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/omeka
[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/omeka

Configure the virtualhost for Omeka CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/omeka.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
       Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
       Documentroot /var/www/omeka
<directory /var/www/omeka>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Now need to create a database for Omeka CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 16
Server version: 10.3.17-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> create database omeka_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'omeka_user'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on omeka_db.* to 'omeka_user'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.000 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye

Enter into the omeka cms directory

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /var/www/omeka/

List out the files

[root@linuxhelp omeka]# ls -la
total 96
drwxr-xr-x  8 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root   root    4096 Sep  5 15:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 admin
drwxr-xr-x 13 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 application
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache  5192 Jan 28  2020 bootstrap.php
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache   532 Jan 28  2020 db.ini
drwxr-xr-x  7 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 files
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache  1702 Jan 28  2020 .htaccess
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache   597 Jan 28  2020 index.php
drwxr-xr-x  6 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 install
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache 35147 Jan 28  2020 license.txt
drwxr-xr-x  5 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 plugins
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache  1225 Jan 28  2020 README.md
-rwxr-xr-x  1 apache apache    32 Jan 28  2020 robots.txt
drwxr-xr-x  5 apache apache  4096 Jan 28  2020 themes

Configure the db.ini file and enter the db credentials here

[root@linuxhelp omeka]# vim db.ini 
host     = "localhost"
username = "'omeka_user"
password = "Linuxc#4"
dbname   = "omeka_db"

Once all the step is completed restart apache service

 [root@linuxhelp omeka]# systemctl restart httpd

Enter your domain name in search url snap1

Create the login credentials for admin account snap2 snap3 snap4 snap5

Loginto the Omeka CMS with the credentials snap6 snap7 With this, the method to install Omeka Classic CMS comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

What is Omeka CMS?

A

Omeka is a free and open source content management system for used for web publication. It comes with various themes and plugins.

Q

What are the alternatives tools for Omeka CMS?

A

Gpeasy cms
Zimplit cms
Monstra cms
etc...

Q

What are the pre-requirements in Omeka CMS?

A

Prerequisites are,

Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, and php7.2)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Q

How to configure host entry for Omeka cms?

A

Open a host file in Linux as following and add the link to the file

#vim /etc/hosts

Q

What are the PHP modules required for Omeka CMS?

A

These are the modules required

php-xml php-mbstring php-ldap php-mysql php-curl php-zip php-mcrypt php-sqlite php-gd

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