Learn How To Install Neos CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Table of Contents
- Requirements
- Before you begin
- Install PHP
- Install MySQL and setup the database
- Install and configure Nginx
- Install Composer
- Install Neos CMS using Composer
If you are using a different system, please check our other tutorials.
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Neos is a Content Application Platform with a CMS and an application framework at its core. This guide will show you how to install Neos CMS on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 server.
Requirements
- Nginx
- MySQL version 5.7.7 or greater, MariaDB version 10.2.2 or greater and PostgreSQL version 9.4 or greater
- PHP version 7.1.0 or greater with the following modules:
mbstring
tokenizer
pdo_mysql
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.
Ensure that your system is up to date.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Set up the timezone.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Install build tools and packages required for finishing this tutorial.
sudo apt install -y curl git unzip apt-transport-https vim
Install PHP
Install PHP 7.2 and required PHP extensions.
sudo apt install -y php7.2 php7.2-cli php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml php7.2-mbstring php-imagick
Check the version.
php --version
# PHP 7.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 (cli) (built: Jul 4 2018 16:55:24) ( NTS )
Restart PHP-FPM.
sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm.service
Install MySQL and setup the database
Install MySQL.
sudo apt install -y mysql-server
Check the version.
mysql --version && sudo mysqld --version
# mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.23, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper
# mysqld Ver 5.7.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 for Linux on x86_64 ((Ubuntu))
Run mysql_secure_installation
to improve security and set the password for the root
user.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Connect to the MySQL shell as the root user.
sudo mysql -u root -p
# Enter password
Create an empty MySQL database and user for Neos CMS, and remember the credentials.
CREATE DATABASE dbname CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Install and configure Nginx
Neos can work with many popular web servers. In this tutorial 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/neos.conf
and set up Nginx virtual server for Neos CMS.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.com;
root /var/www/neos/Web;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ .php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param FLOW_CONTEXT Production;
fastcgi_param FLOW_REWRITEURLS 1;
}
}
Save the file and exit.
Activate the new neos.conf
configuration by linking the file to the sites-enabled
directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/neos.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the configuration.
sudo nginx -t
Reload Nginx.
sudo systemctl reload nginx.service
Install Composer
Install Composer globally by issuing the following commands.
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === '93b54496392c062774670ac18b134c3b3a95e5a5e5c8f1a9f115f203b75bf9a129d5daa8ba6a13e2cc8a1da0806388a8') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Check the version.
composer --version
# Composer version 1.7.1 2018-08-07 09:39:23
Install Neos CMS using Composer
Create a document root directory.
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/neos
Change the ownership of the /var/www/neos
directory to johndoe
.
sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /var/www/neos
Go to your document root directory.
cd /var/www/neos
Install Neos CMS and all of its dependencies.
composer create-project neos/neos-base-distribution .
Change ownership of the /var/www/neos
directory to www-data
.
sudo ./flow core:setfilepermissions johndoe www-data www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/neos
Go to http://example.com/setup
and follow the on-screen instructions.
You will get a confirmation that the setup is completed, and you can enter the frontend or backend of your Neos website. To access Neos admin, append /neos
to your website URL.
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