How to install Omeka CMS on Ubuntu 21.04

To Install Omeka CMS on Ubuntu 21.04

Introduction

The content management system is software used to manage digital content. It is an open-source content management system and web publishing platform that allows the display of library, museum, scholarly, and archival collections.

Prerequisites:

• Apache Web server

• Maria DB

• PHP and its Modules

Installation Procedure:

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: Log in to the Maria DB

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p 
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 30
Server version: 10.5.12-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 Ubuntu 21.04

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

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

Step 3: Create database for omeka CMS

MariaDB [(none)]> create database omeka;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.011 sec)

Step 4: Select the omeka database

MariaDB [(none)]> use omeka;
Database changed

Step 5: Create a user named “ouser”

MariaDB [omeka]> create user ouser@localhost identified by 'linuxc';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.024 sec)

Step 6: Grant all privileges on omeka database for the user “ouser”

MariaDB [omeka]> grant all on omeka.* to ouser@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.004 sec)

Step 7: Flush privileges to make changes effect

MariaDB [omeka]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.004 sec)

Step 8: Exit from the Maria DB

MariaDB [omeka]> exit
Bye

Step 9: Download omeka CMS by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s/releases/download/v1.4.0/omeka-s-1.4.0.zip
--2021-11-26 02:33:59--  https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s/releases/download/v1.4.0/omeka-s-1.4.0.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://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/12057192/15fe4f80-5ad6-11e9-8bc2-a6804b988866?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20211125%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211125T210359Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=486aa3498f50d4a79bd50343a0d9d3a7d35d9f492ac2ca0793932244a875a0f0&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=12057192&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Domeka-s-1.4.0.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2021-11-26 02:33:59--  https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/12057192/15fe4f80-5ad6-11e9-8bc2-a6804b988866?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20211125%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20211125T210359Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=486aa3498f50d4a79bd50343a0d9d3a7d35d9f492ac2ca0793932244a875a0f0&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=12057192&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Domeka-s-1.4.0.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.110.133, 185.199.111.133, 185.199.109.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.110.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 14052203 (13M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘omeka-s-1.4.0.zip’

omeka-s-1.4.0.zip              100%[===================================================>]  13.40M  10.5MB/s    in 1.3s    

2021-11-26 02:34:02 (10.5 MB/s) - ‘omeka-s-1.4.0.zip’ saved [14052203/14052203]

Step 10: Extract the downloaded file in omeka directory

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip omeka-s-1.4.0.zip 
Archive:  omeka-s-1.4.0.zip
 inflating: omeka-s/.htaccess       
 inflating: omeka-s/LICENSE         
 inflating: omeka-s/README.md       
 inflating: omeka-s/bootstrap.php   
 inflating: omeka-s/cli-config.php  
 inflating: omeka-s/composer.json   
 inflating: omeka-s/composer.lock   
 inflating: omeka-s/index.php       
 inflating: omeka-s/application/Module.php  
 inflating: omeka-s/config/database.ini  
 inflating: omeka-s/config/local.config.php  
 inflating: omeka-s/files/index.html  
 inflating: omeka-s/logs/application.log  
 inflating: omeka-s/logs/sql.log    

Step 11: Move the Extracted files to the Apache home directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv omeka-s /var/www/omeka

Step 12: Change Ownership to the omeka directory

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

Step 13: Change Permissions to the omeka directory

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

Step 14: Create Virtual Host for the omeka CMS

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/omeka.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/omeka
<Directory /var/www/omeka>
AllowOverride All
allow from all 
</Directory>
</virtualhost>

Step 15: 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 16: Enable the Virtual Host

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

Step 17: Enable the read write module of apache

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

Step 18: Configure omeka CMS database in the following file

root@linuxhelp:~# vi /var/www/omeka/config/database.ini

Step 19: Restart the apache webserver

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Step 20: Make host entry for omeks CMS

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

Step 21: Ping server name in browser

Step 22: Configure the Admin credentials

Step 23: Login via Admin panel

Step 24: Admin Dashboard of omeka CMS

with this installation and configuration of omeka CMS on ubuntu 21.04 comes to an end