curl,\u00a0<\/code>mcrypt,<\/code>\u00a0gd,<\/code>\u00a0mbstring,<\/code>\u00a0pdo_mysql<\/code>\u00a0or\u00a0pdo_sqlite<\/code>)<\/li>\n- Apache or Nginx. In this tutorial we will use Nginx.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- CentOS 7 operating system.<\/li>\n
- A non-root<\/em> user with\u00a0
sudo<\/code>\u00a0privileges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nInitial steps<\/h2>\n
Check\u00a0your CentOS system version:<\/p>\n
cat \/etc\/centos-release
# CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)<\/code><\/pre>\nSet up the timezone:<\/p>\n
timedatectl list-timezones
sudo timedatectl set-timezone 'Region\/City'<\/code><\/pre>\nUpdate your operating system\u2019s packages:<\/p>\n
sudo yum update\u00a0-y<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall some useful\u00a0packages if they are not already installed:<\/p>\n
sudo yum install -y vim wget curl git unzip bash-completion<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 1 – Install PHP and necessary PHP extensions<\/h2>\n
Anchor CMS\u00a0requires PHP version\u00a05.6\u00a0or greater. Default CentOS repositories contain an older version of PHP, and thus we will need to set up a third-party repository to install a newer PHP version. We will use Webtatic repository.<\/p>\n
Setup the Webtatic YUM repo:<\/p>\n
sudo rpm -Uvh https:\/\/mirror.webtatic.com\/yum\/el7\/webtatic-release.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall PHP, as well as the necessary PHP extensions:<\/p>\n
sudo yum install -y php72w php72w-cli php72w-fpm php72w-common php72w-mbstring php72w-curl php72w-mysql php72w-sqlite3 php72w-gd php72w-mcrypt php72w-dom<\/code><\/pre>\nCheck the PHP version:<\/p>\n
php --version<\/code><\/pre>\n#\u00a0PHP 7.2.12 (cli) (built: Nov\u00a011 2018 14:54:16) ( NTS )
# Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
#\u00a0Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies<\/p>\n
<\/code><\/pre>\nStart and enable PHP-FPM service:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl start php-fpm.service
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm.service<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 2 – Install\u00a0MariaDB and create a database for\u00a0Anchor CMS<\/h2>\n
Anchor supports MySQL\/MariaDB and SQLite databases. Default CentOS repository contains an unsupported version of MariaDB. Because of that, we will use the official MariaDB repository that contains a newer version of MariaDB.<\/p>\n
Create MariaDB YUM repository for CentOS:<\/p>\n
sudo vim \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/MariaDB.repo<\/code><\/pre>\nCopy and paste the following text into it:<\/p>\n
# MariaDB 10.2 CentOS repository list - created 2017-12-11 23:19 UTC\n# http:\/\/downloads.mariadb.org\/mariadb\/repositories\/\n[mariadb]\nname=MariaDB\nbaseurl=https:\/\/yum.mariadb.org\/10.2\/centos7-amd64\ngpgkey=https:\/\/yum.mariadb.org\/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB\ngpgcheck=1<\/code><\/pre>\nAfter the file is in place, install MariaDB by running:<\/p>\n
sudo yum install -y MariaDB-server MariaDB-client<\/code><\/pre>\nCheck the MariaDB version:<\/p>\n
mysql --version
# mysql\u00a0 Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.2.19-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1<\/code><\/pre>\nStart and enable MariaDB service:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service<\/code><\/pre>\nRun\u00a0mysql_secure installation<\/code>\u00a0script to improve MariaDB security and set the password for MariaDB\u00a0root<\/code>\u00a0user:<\/p>\nsudo mysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/pre>\nAnswer all the questions as shown below:<\/p>\n
Enter current password for root (enter for none):
Set root password? [Y\/n]: Y
Remove anonymous users? [Y\/n]: Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y\/n]: Y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y\/n]: Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y\/n]: Y<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\nLog into MariaDB shell as the user root:<\/p>\n
mysql -u root -p
# Enter password<\/code><\/pre>\nCreate a MariaDB database and user that you will use for your installation of Anchor CMS, and remember the credentials:<\/p>\n
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/code><\/pre>\nExit from MariaDB shell:<\/p>\n
quit<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 3 – Install and configure\u00a0Nginx<\/h2>\n
Install Nginx web server:<\/p>\n
sudo yum install -y nginx<\/code><\/pre>\nCheck the\u00a0Nginx version:<\/p>\n
nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx\/1.12.2<\/code><\/pre>\nStart and enable Nginx service:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service<\/code><\/pre>\nRun\u00a0sudo vim \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/anchor.conf<\/code>\u00a0and populate the file with the following configuration:<\/p>\nserver {\n listen 80;\n\n server_name example.com;\n root \/var\/www\/anchor;\n\n index index.php index.html;\n\n location \/ {\n try_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php;\n }\n \n location ~ \\.php$ {\n try_files $uri =404;\n include fastcgi_params;\n fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;\n fastcgi_index index.php;\n fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\n }\n\n}<\/pre>\nTest\u00a0Nginx configuration:<\/p>\n
sudo nginx -t<\/code><\/pre>\nReload Nginx:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl reload nginx.service<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 4 – Download and install Composer<\/h2>\n
To successfully install Anchor, we will need to install Composer, the dependency manager for PHP applications:<\/p>\n
php -r \"copy('https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer', 'composer-setup.php');\"<\/code><\/pre>\nphp -r “if (hash_file(‘SHA384’, ‘composer-setup.php’) === ’93b54496392c062774670ac18b134c3b3a95e5a5e5c8f1a9f115f203b75bf9a129d5daa8ba6a13e2cc8a1da0806388a8′) { echo ‘Installer verified’; } else { echo ‘Installer corrupt’; unlink(‘composer-setup.php’); } echo PHP_EOL;”<\/p>\n
<\/code><\/pre>\nphp composer-setup.php<\/p>\n
<\/code><\/pre>\nphp -r “unlink(‘composer-setup.php’);”<\/p>\n
<\/code><\/pre>\nsudo mv composer.phar \/usr\/local\/bin\/composer<\/p>\n
<\/code><\/pre>\nCheck the Composer version.<\/p>\n
composer --version
#\u00a0Composer version 1.8.0 2018-12-03 10:31:16<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 5 – Download and install\u00a0Anchor CMS<\/h2>\n
Create a document root directory:<\/p>\n
sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/anchor<\/code><\/pre>\nChange ownership of the\u00a0\/var\/www\/limesurvey<\/code>\u00a0directory to\u00a0[jour_user]:<\/code><\/p>\nsudo chown -R [your_user]:[your_user] \/var\/www\/anchor<\/code><\/pre>\nNavigate to document root:<\/p>\n
cd \/var\/www\/anchor<\/code><\/pre>\nDownload\u00a0the latest release of Anchor CMS by using Composer:<\/p>\n
composer create-project anchorcms\/anchor-cms .<\/pre>\nChange ownership of the\u00a0\/var\/www\/anchor<\/code>\u00a0directory to\u00a0nginx:<\/code><\/p>\nsudo chown -R nginx:nginx \/var\/www\/anchor<\/code><\/pre>\nCreate the directory\/var\/lib\/php\/session<\/code>\u00a0and set ownership to\u00a0nginx<\/code>.<\/p>\nsudo mkdir -p \/var\/lib\/php\/session && sudo chown -R nginx:nginx \/var\/lib\/php<\/code><\/pre>\nRun\u00a0sudo vim \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf<\/code>\u00a0and set the user and group to\u00a0nginx<\/code>. Initially, they will be set to\u00a0apache:<\/code><\/p>\nsudo vim \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf
# user = nginx
# group = nginx<\/code><\/pre>\nRestart the PHP-FPM service:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm.service<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 6 – Complete the\u00a0Anchor CMS\u00a0setup<\/h2>\n
Open your web browser and type the URL\u00a0“http:\/\/example.com”<\/strong>. You will be redirected to the following page:<\/p>\n![\"Anchor](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-install-anchor-cms-on-centos-7.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\n
Click on the “Run the installer”<\/strong> button, to initiate Anchor CMS web installer. After, language and timezone page should appear:<\/p>\n![\"Select](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-install-anchor-cms-on-centos-7-1.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\n
Select the settings that you want and\u00a0click on the “Next Step”<\/strong> button to proceed to the database configuration page:<\/p>\n![\"Database](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-install-anchor-cms-on-centos-7-2.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\n
Enter your database details, and click on the “Next Step”<\/strong> button to proceed to site metadata configuration page:<\/p>\n![\"Site](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-install-anchor-cms-on-centos-7-3.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\n
You can\u00a0set site name or site description here, or leave the defaults and change it later via Anchor backend interface. Click on the “Next Step”<\/strong> button for the next step which is setting your first account:<\/p>\n![\"Create](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-install-anchor-cms-on-centos-7-4.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\n
After setting up your first account, click on the “Complete”<\/strong> button to finish the installation process.<\/p>\nOnce you have completed the install, make sure to delete\u00a0install<\/code>\u00a0folder for security purposes.<\/p>\nsudo rm -rf \/var\/www\/anchor\/install<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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