How to Install BlogoText CMS on FreeBSD 13.0
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Introduction
BlogoText CMS is an open-source, lightweight content management system used to create small blogs and websites. Some of its significant features are:
- Blog with comments and RSS feeds
- Link sharing
- RSS Reader
- Image & file uploading and sharing
- JSON/ZIP/HTML import &export
- Support for add-ons
This article explains how to install BlogoText CMS on a FreeBSD 13.0 cloud server.
Prerequisites
- Deploy a Vultr FreeBSD 13.0 aerver.
- Create a non-root user with sudo access.
- Install PHP version 5.5 or greater.
- Install SQLite or MySQL with PDO support.
1. Install the Required Packages
Update the system package list.
$ freebsd-update fetch install
$ pkg update
Install the required packages.
$ pkg install -y sudo nano unzip wget bash
Install PHP 7.4 and the required modules.
$ sudo pkg install -y apache24 mysql80-server php74 mod_php74 php74-curl php74-session php74-gd php74-json php74-mbstring php74-xmlrpc php74-gmp php74-curl php74-mysqli php74-intl php74-sqlite3 php74-xml php74-zip php74-zlib php74-pdo php74-pear php74-pdo_mysql php74-filter php74-mysqli php74-zip php74-imap
Enable the PHP-FPM service.
$ sudo sysrc php_fpm_enable=yes
Start the PHP-FPM service.
$ sudo service php-fpm start
Copy the sample PHP configuration file to the live location.
$ sudo cp /usr/local/etc/php.ini-production /usr/local/etc/php.ini
2. Create a BlogoText Database
Enable the MySQL service to start on system boot.
$ sudo sysrc mysql_enable="yes"
Start the MySQL service.
$ sudo service mysql-server start
Log in to the MySQL shell. Then, at the password prompt, press ENTER to continue.
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a database named blogotext
.
CREATE DATABASE blogotext;
Create a blogotextuser
database user with a strong password`.
CREATE USER 'blogotextuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'ReplaceThisWithAStrongPassword';
Grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON blogotext.* TO 'blogotextuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Save the changes made to the database.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL shell.
exit;
3. Install BlogoText
Download the latest version of BlogoText. Get the latest version from the official releases page.
$ wget https://github.com/BlogoText/blogotext/archive/3.7.6.zip
Unzip the downloaded files.
$ sudo unzip 3.7.6.zip
Crate the installation directory.
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/www/apache24/data/blogotext
Move the extracted files into the installation directory.
$ sudo mv blogotext-3.7.6/* /usr/local/www/apache24/data/blogotext
Change the ownership of the installation directory to the www
user.
$ sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/data/blogotext
Set the access permissions for the directory for security.
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/blogotext
4. Configure Apache
Enable the Apache service to start when the system boots.
$ sudo sysrc apache24_enable=yes
Start the Apache service.
$ sudo service apache24 start
Create a configuration file to allow Apache to work with PHP.
$ sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/modules.d/001_mod-php.conf
Add the following lines of code to the file, then save and close the file.
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
Create an Apache configuration file for BlogoText named blogotext.conf
.
$ sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/blogotext.conf
Add this code to the file, then save and close the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/apache24/data/blogotext
ServerName example.com
<Directory /usr/local/www/apache24/data/blogotext/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Test the configuration.
$ sudo apachectl configtest
Restart the Apache service.
$ sudo service apache24 restart
5. Access the BlogoText Web Interface
To access the BlogoText Web Interface, go to your browser and visit http://Server_IP/
. For example:
http://192.0.2.11/
To access the administrator portal, visit http://Server_IP/admin/
. For example:
http://192.0.2.11/admin
Conclusion
You have installed BlogoText on your server. Now you can access the installation page to complete the process by creating an administrator account and connecting your database.
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