{"id":2958,"date":"2022-06-14T00:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:32:02","slug":"installing-cms-made-simple-on-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=2958","title":{"rendered":"Installing CMS Made Simple on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is an open source Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP with MySQL\/MariaDB that provides developers and site owners a web-based development and administration area framework.<\/p>\n

The following step-by-step will install the minimum system foundation (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) to run the web application on.<\/p>\n

PRE-CONFIGURATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install zip unzip -y\r\nsudo apt install tasksel -y\r\nsudo tasksel install lamp-server\r\nsudo mysql -u root<\/pre>\n
CREATE AN EMPTY DATABASE PLUS NEW USER CREDENTIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n
mysql> CREATE DATABASE cmsms_db;\r\nmysql> CREATE USER 'cmsms'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongPass';\r\nmysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cmsms_db.* TO 'cmsms'@'localhost';\r\nmysql> SELECT user, host FROM mysql.user;\r\nmysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nmysql> EXIT;<\/pre>\n
DOWNLOAD AND EXTRACT THE CMSMS<\/strong><\/p>\n
cd \/var\/www\/html\r\nsudo wget https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cmsms\/downloads\/14953\/cmsms-2.2.16<\/strong>-install.zip\r\nsudo unzip cmsms-2.2.16<\/strong>-install.zip\r\nsudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/\r\nsudo chmod -R 755 \/var\/www\/html\/\r\nrm cmsms-2.2.16<\/strong>-install.zip index.html README-PHAR.TXT\r\nsudo apt install libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-common php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-soap php7.4-gd php7.4-xml php7.4-intl php7.4-mysql php7.4-cli php7.4-zip php7.4-curl -y\r\nsudo a2enmod rewrite\r\nsudo systemctl restart apache2<\/pre>\n
COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION ON THE BROWSER<\/strong><\/p>\n
Use the following command to discover the IP address of the server.<\/p>\n
ip a<\/pre>\n
Navigate to the following address using a web browser (replace the following address with your server’s address) http:\/\/192.168.1.133<\/strong>\/cmsms-2.2.16-install.php\/index.php<\/code> and follow the self explanatory steps of the installation.<\/p>\n
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The installation is completed!<\/p>\n
Now, access the web-site at http:\/\/192.168.1.133\/<\/strong>\u00a0and the Admin Console<\/strong> at http:\/\/192.168.1.133\/admin\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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Note:<\/strong> there where few opportunities during the installation process.<\/p>\n