How to Install Joomla with LAMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8
Joomla is a free and open-source content management system for publishing web content on websites. Web content applications include discussion forums, photo galleries, e-Commerce, user communities, and numerous other web-based applications. In this article, we are going to learn how to install Joomla on Rocky Linux 8. So, let’s get started.
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Pre-requisites :
-
A system with Rocky Linux 8 installed and running.
-
root
access to the system. - LAMP Stack installed and running, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing the LAMP Stack (Apache, MariaDB, and PHP).
Once you're all set, we'll proceed with Joomla installation and configuration.
Create Database
Let us begin with creating a Database and a user. We will then grant the required privileges to the user so it can interact with the Database.
mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE crowncloud;
CREATE USER 'crowncloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON crowncloud.* TO 'crowncloud'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT
The above commands will give complete access to the user
crowncloud
. ReplaceYOUR-PASSWORD-HERE
with a safe and secure password.
Install Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate
Next we will install Let's Encrypt SSL cert so we can have the domain running on HTTPS.
You can refer the following link for instructions on how to Install Let's Encrypt.
Download Joomla
Download Joomla from official website : Click here.
cd /var/www/html/joomla
wget -O joomla.zip https://downloads.Joomla.org/cms/Joomla4/4-0-5/Joomla_4-0-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
unzip joomla.zip
rm joomla.zip
Setting up File Permissions
Let's make the folders readable.
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/joomla
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/joomla
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/html/joomla
Configuring Apache vHost
Create a new apache configuration file dev3.domainhere.info.conf
for the domain with the following command:
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/dev3.domainhere.info.conf
Add the following codes:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName dev3.domainhere.info
ServerAlias dev3.domainhere.info
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/joomla
<Directory /var/www/html/joomla/>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/dev3.domainhere.info-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/dev3.domainhere.info-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Change
dev3.domainhere.info
withYour Domain Name
.
Now, press the Esc
key, and type :wq!
and press the Enter
key to save and exit the file.
Now, restart & check the apache with the following commands:
systemctl restart httpd
systemctl status httpd
Enable Firewall:
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
firewall-cmd --reload
Configuring Joomla
Now open the URL from your browser, this will redirect you to configuring the final parts of the Joomla installation.
https://dev3.domainhere.info/
Replace the
dev3.domainhere.info
with the actual IP or domain configured on the server.
Input the Database details which was configured earlier. Follow the below steps:
Now you have successfully installed Joomla with LAMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8.