Learn How To Install Bludit CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Bludit is a simple, fast and flexible blogging CMS written in PHP. Bludit uses files in JSON format to store content, so you don’t need to install or configure a database. Bludit source code is hosted on Github. This guide will show you how to install Bludit CMS on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 LTS IT Web Services instance.
Requirements
- PHP version 5.3 or greater with the following extensions:
mbstring
gd
dom
json
- A web server with PHP support like Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd or H2O. This guide will use Nginx.
Before you begin
Check the Ubuntu version.
lsb_release -ds
# Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Create a new non-root user account with sudo
access and switch to it.
adduser johndoe --gecos "John Doe"
usermod -aG sudo johndoe
su - johndoe
NOTE: Replace johndoe
with your username.
Set up the timezone.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Ensure that your system is up to date.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Install the unzip
package.
sudo apt install -y unzip
Install PHP
Install PHP and required PHP extensions.
sudo apt install -y php7.2 php7.2-cli php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-mbstring php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-json
Check the version.
php --version
# PHP 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 (cli) (built: Jul 4 2018 16:55:24) ( NTS )
# Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
# Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
# with Zend OPcache v7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
Install Nginx
Bludit can work with many web servers with PHP support. In this guide we will use Nginx.
Install Nginx.
sudo apt install -y nginx
Check the version.
sudo nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
Run sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/bludit.conf
and configure Nginx for Bludit.
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
root /var/www/bludit;
index index.php;
location ~ .php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi.conf;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ^~ /bl-content/tmp/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /bl-content/pages/ { deny all; }
location ^~ /bl-content/databases/ { deny all; }
}
Activate the new bludit.conf
configuration by linking the file to the sites-enabled
directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/bludit.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the configuration.
sudo nginx -t
Reload Nginx.
sudo systemctl reload nginx.service
Install Bludit
Create a document root directory.
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/bludit
Change ownership of the /var/www/bludit
directory to johndoe
.
sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /var/www/bludit
Download the latest version from the official page and extract the zip file..
cd /var/www/bludit
wget https://bludit.s3.nl-ams.scw.cloud/bludit-3-5-0.zip
unzip bludit-3-5-0.zip
rm bludit-3-5-0.zip
mv bludit-3-5-0/* . && mv bludit-3-5-0/.* .
rmdir bludit-3-5-0
Change ownership of the /var/www/bludit
directory to www-data
.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/bludit
Open your site in a web browser. The Bludit installer page will appear.
Follow the Bludit installer to configure your website. To access the Bludit admin area, append /admin
to your site URL.
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