How to install WonderCMS on Oracle Linx 9.3

To Install WonderCMS On Oracle Linux 9.3

Introduction:

WonderCMS is a free and open-source Content Management System and one of the smallest flat file CMS for developing websites. Through this, we can add and change content by using the in-page editing function.

Installation Steps:

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

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Oracle Linux Server"
VERSION="9.3"
ID="ol"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="9.3"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 9.3"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:server"
HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/oracle/oracle-linux"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 9"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.3
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux"
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.3

Step 2: Install Apache web server by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# dnf install httpd* -y
Oracle Linux 9 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                    17 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 9 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                   7.4 MB/s |  23 MB     00:03    
Oracle Linux 9 Application Stream Packages (x86_64)                                                      24 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 9 Application Stream Packages (x86_64)                                                     8.3 MB/s |  31 MB     00:03    
Oracle Linux 9 UEK Release 7 (x86_64)                                                                    19 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 9 UEK Release 7 (x86_64)                                                                   8.8 MB/s |  31 MB     00:03    
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:07 ago on Monday 29 April 2024 12:33:11 AM.
Dependencies resolved.

Installed:
  apr-1.7.0-12.el9_3.x86_64                     apr-devel-1.7.0-12.el9_3.x86_64               apr-util-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64             
  apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64              apr-util-devel-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64            apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64     
  cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.x86_64               cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.27-21.el9.x86_64         expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9.x86_64           
  httpd-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64                 httpd-core-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64            httpd-devel-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64      
  httpd-filesystem-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.noarch      httpd-manual-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.noarch          httpd-tools-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64      
  libdb-devel-5.3.28-53.0.1.el9.x86_64          mod_http2-1.15.19-5.el9_3.1.x86_64            mod_lua-2.4.57-5.0.1.el9.x86_64          
  openldap-devel-2.6.3-1.el9.x86_64             oracle-logos-httpd-90.2-1.0.4.el9.noarch     
Complete!

Step 3: Enable and start the Apache service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable httpd
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start httpd

Step 4: Check the status of the Apache service by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl status httpd
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-04-29 00:34:11 IST; 14s ago
       Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
   Main PID: 104291 (httpd)
     Status: "Total requests: 0; Idle/Busy workers 100/0;Requests/sec: 0; Bytes served/sec:   0 B/sec"
      Tasks: 213 (limit: 21644)
     Memory: 39.5M
        CPU: 398ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
             ├─104291 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─104292 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─104293 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─104294 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             └─104295 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND

Apr 29 00:34:10 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Apr 29 00:34:11 linuxhelp httpd[104291]: AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using f>
Apr 29 00:34:11 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
Apr 29 00:34:11 linuxhelp httpd[104291]: Server configured, listening on: port 80

Step 5: Install PHP and its modules by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# dnf install php php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-opcache php-gd php-xml php-mbstring -y php-zip
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:38 ago on Monday 29 April 2024 12:33:11 AM.
Dependencies resolved.

Installed:
  libzip-1.7.3-7.el9.x86_64               nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-14.0.1.el9_2.1.noarch       php-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64              
  php-cli-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64           php-common-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64                      php-fpm-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64          
  php-gd-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64            php-mbstring-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64                    php-mysqlnd-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64      
  php-opcache-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64       php-pdo-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64                         php-pecl-zip-1.19.2-6.el9.x86_64       
  php-xml-8.0.30-1.el9_2.x86_64          

Complete!

Step 6: Check the installed PHP version by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# php -v
PHP 8.0.30 (cli) (built: Aug  3 2023 17:13:08) ( NTS gcc x86_64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.30, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.0.30, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Step 7: Download the Wonder CMS Package by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/releases/download/3.4.3/wondercms-343.zip
--2024-04-29 00:35:26--  https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/releases/download/3.4.3/wondercms-343.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 20.207.73.82
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|20.207.73.82|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/15203915/680729e8-311d-4149-bd03-df2d92988880?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAVCODYLSA53PQK4ZA%2F20240428%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240428T190527Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=7e8c0b63c285b6169f0200e166d4146499b8c50f911e0a534efb9742518cb203&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=15203915&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dwondercms-343.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2024-04-29 00:35:27--  https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/15203915/680729e8-311d-4149-bd03-df2d92988880?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAVCODYLSA53PQK4ZA%2F20240428%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240428T190527Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=7e8c0b63c285b6169f0200e166d4146499b8c50f911e0a534efb9742518cb203&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=15203915&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dwondercms-343.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.110.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.108.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.110.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 50674 (49K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘wondercms-343.zip’

wondercms-343.zip                 100%[=============================================================>]  49.49K  --.-KB/s    in 0.007s  

2024-04-29 00:35:28 (6.94 MB/s) - ‘wondercms-343.zip’ saved [50674/50674]

Step 8: Long list the files by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# ll
total 56
-rw-------. 1 root root  1067 Jan  7 03:03 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Videos
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 50674 Nov  5 14:46 wondercms-343.zip

Step 9: Extract the downloaded zip file by using unzip command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip wondercms-343.zip
Archive:  wondercms-343.zip
   creating: wondercms/
  inflating: wondercms/index.php     
   creating: wondercms/themes/
   creating: wondercms/themes/sky/
  inflating: wondercms/themes/sky/wcms-modules.json  
   creating: wondercms/themes/sky/css/
   creating: wondercms/themes/sky/css/fonts/
 extracting: wondercms/themes/sky/css/fonts/catamaran-v7-latin-ext_latin-regular.woff2  
 extracting: wondercms/themes/sky/css/fonts/catamaran-v7-latin-ext_latin-700.woff2  
  inflating: wondercms/themes/sky/css/style.css  
  inflating: wondercms/themes/sky/theme.php  
  inflating: wondercms/.htaccess

Step 10: Again long list the files and check the extracted directory by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# ll
total 56
-rw-------. 1 root root  1067 Jan  7 03:03 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root     6 Jan  7 03:26 Videos
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root    54 Nov  5 14:37 wondercms
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 50674 Nov  5 14:46 wondercms-343.zip

Step 11: Rename and move the extracted directory to Apache Root Directory by using the below command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv wondercms /var/www/wonder/

Step 12: Grant Permission and Set Ownership for Wonder CMS by using the below command

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

Step 13: Create a Virtual Configuration file to Access Wonder CMS by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/wonder.conf
Insert the below lines in the configuration file
<virtualhost 192.168.6.140:80>
servername  www.linuxhelp1.com
Documentroot  /var/www/wonder
<Directory /var/www/wonder >
AllowOverride all
allow from all
</Directory>
</virtualhost>

Step 14: Disable the SELinux by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# setenforce 0

Step 15: Restart the Apache service to apply all changes by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 16: Open the Web browser and search the IP address as shown in the below image

Step 17: Copy the password as shown in the image and click “CLICK HERE TO LOGIN ” icon.

Step 18: Enter the copied password here and click LOGIN

This is the Dashboard of WonderCMS

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install WonderCMS on Oracle Linux 9.3. Your feedback is much welcome.