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- A server running Debian 9<\/li>\n
- A non-root user with sudo privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Getting Started<\/h2>\n
Before starting, it is recommended to update your packages with the latest version. You can do this using the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y<\/p>\nNext, restart the system to apply all the changes. Then, install other required packages with the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install wget unzip curl git vim -y<\/p>\n
Install LAMP Server<\/h2>\n
First, you will need to install the LAMP stack to run Concrete5. You can install all the packages by just running the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-gd php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xml php7.0-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-zip -y<\/p>\n
Once all the packages are installed, start the Apache and MariaDB service and enable them to start on boot time using the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql<\/p>\nConfigure MariaDB<\/h2>\n
By default, MariaDB is not secured, so you will need to secure it first. You can secure it by running the mysql_secure_installation script:<\/p>\n
sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/p>\n
Answer all the questions as shown below:<\/p>\n
Change the root password? [Y\/N] N \nRemove anonymous users? [Y\/N] Y \nDisallow root login remotely? [Y\/N] Y \nRemove test database and access to it? [Y\/N] Y \nReload privilege tables now? [Y\/N] Y \n<\/pre>\n
Once MariaDB is secured, log in to the MariaDB shell using the following command:<\/p>\n
mysql -u root -p<\/p>\n
Enter your root password when prompt, then create a database for Concrete5 with the following command:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE concretedb;<\/p>\n
Next, create a new user and grant privileges to the Concrete5 database with the following command:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on concretedb.* to ‘user’@’localhost’ identified by ‘password’;<\/p>\n
Next, flush the privileges using the following command:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/p>\n
Finally, exit from the MariaDB shell with the following command:<\/p>\n
MariaDB [(none)]> exit;<\/p>\n
Install Concrete5<\/h2>\n
You can download the latest stable version of the Concrete5 from their official website with the following command:<\/p>\n
wget –trust-server-names http:\/\/www.concrete5.org\/download_file\/-\/view\/99963\/ -O concrete5.zip<\/p>\n
Once the download is completed, extract the downloaded file with the following command:<\/p>\n
unzip concrete5.zip<\/p>\n
Next, copy the extracted directory to the Apache web root directory using the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo cp -r concrete5-8.3.1 \/var\/www\/html\/concrete5<\/p>\n
Next, give proper ownership and permissions to the concrete5 directory using the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/concrete5
sudo chmod -R 775 \/var\/www\/html\/concrete5<\/p>\nConfigure Apache for Concrete5<\/h2>\n
Next, you will need to create an Apache virtual host directive for Concrete5. You can do this by creating concrete5.conf file inside \/etc\/apache2\/site-available directory:<\/p>\n
sudo nano \/etc\/apache2\/site-available\/concrete5.conf<\/p>\n
Add the following lines:<\/p>\n
<VirtualHost *:80> \nServerAdmin [email\u00a0protected]<\/a> \nDocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/concrete5\/ \nServerName example.com \nServerAlias www.example.com \n<Directory \/var\/www\/html\/concrete5\/> \nOptions FollowSymLinks \nAllowOverride All \n<\/Directory> \nErrorLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/concrete5-error_log \nCustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/concrete5-access_log common \n<\/VirtualHost> \n<\/pre>\n
Save and close the file, then enable the virtual host with the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo a2ensite concrete5<\/p>\n
Next, enable Apache rewrite module and restart apache service with the following command:<\/p>\n
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/p>\nAccess Concrete5 Web Interface<\/h2>\n
Next, open your web browser and type the URL http:\/\/example.com<\/a>, you will be redirected to the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Concrete](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-install-concrete5-cms-on-debian-9.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, select your language and click on the Arrow<\/strong> button, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Select](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-install-concrete5-cms-on-debian-9-1.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nMake sure all the required libraries are installed, then click on the Continue to Installation<\/strong> button, You should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Set](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-install-concrete5-cms-on-debian-9-2.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, provide Admin username, password, database username, password and database name, then click on the Install Concrete5<\/strong> button to start the installation. Once the installation is completed, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
![\"Concrete](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-install-concrete5-cms-on-debian-9-3.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Concrete](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-install-concrete5-cms-on-debian-9-4.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n