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How to Install WonderCMS with Apache on Rocky Linux 8

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WonderCMS is an extremely small flat-file CMS Website Builder. It's fast, responsive, and doesn't require any configuration. It provides a simple way of creating and editing websites. In this article, we are going to learn how to install WonderCMS on Rocky Linux 8. So, let’s get started.

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Pre-requisites

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• A system with Rocky Linux 8 installed and running.

• root access to the system.

Once you're all set, we'll proceed with WonderCMS installation and configuration.

Install Apache & PHP

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Let's begin with installing Apache and PHP. Install using the below codes.

yum install httpd httpd-tools php php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-zip php-json -y

Enable services

systemctl enable httpd

systemctl start httpd

systemctl status httpd

Enable Firewall

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https

firewall-cmd --reload

Install Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate

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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 WonderCMS

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Download WonderCMS from official website : Click here.

cd /var/www/html/

wget https://github.com/robiso/wondercms/releases/download/3.2.0/wondercms-320.zip

unzip wondercms-320.zip

rm wondercms-320.zip

cd /var/www/html/wondercms

Setting up File Permissions

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Let's make the folders readable.

chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wondercms

chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/wondercms

chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/html/wondercms

Configuring Apache vHost

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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/wondercms

<Directory /var/www/html/wondercms/>
    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 with Your 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

Configuring WonderCMS

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Now open the URL from your browser, this will redirect you to editing the WonderCMS Pages.

https://dev3.domainhere.info/

Replace the dev3.domainhere.info with the actual IP or domain configured on the server.

Now you have successfully installed WonderCMS with Apache on Rocky Linux 8.