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How to Install Backdrop CMS with LEMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8

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The Backdrop is a full-featured content management system that allows non-technical users to manage a wide variety of content. It can be used to create all kinds of websites including blogs, image galleries, social networks, intranets, and more. In this article, we are going to learn how to install Backdrop CMS 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.

• LEMP Stack installed and running, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing the LEMP Stack (Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP).

• Let's Encrypt installed, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing the Let's Encrypt with LEMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8.

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

Create Database

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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. Replace YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE with a safe and secure password.

Configuring Nginx Reverse Proxy

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Let's configure nginx.conf with the following command:

nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# For more information on configuration, see:
#   * Official English Documentation: http://nginx.org/en/docs/
#   * Official Russian Documentation: http://nginx.org/ru/docs/

user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

# Load dynamic modules. See /usr/share/doc/nginx/README.dynamic.
include /usr/share/nginx/modules/*.conf;

events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;

    sendfile            on;
    tcp_nopush          on;
    tcp_nodelay         on;
    keepalive_timeout   65;
    types_hash_max_size 2048;

    include             /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type        application/octet-stream;

    # Load modular configuration files from the /etc/nginx/conf.d directory.
    # See http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#include
    # for more information.
    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}

Now, type in Ctrl+O and type Ctrl+X to save and exit the file.

Create a new Nginx configuration file dev.conf for the domain with the following command:

vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/dev.conf

Add the following codes:

Replace dev.domainhere.info with Your Domain Name and Change SSL Path according to your SSL Path.

And also replace the root path, /var/www/html/backdrop with the actual path where your website's data are stored.

server {
listen 80;

server_name dev.domainhere.info;
root /var/www/html/backdrop;
index index.php index.html index.htm;

location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}

location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}

location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}

listen 443 http2 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/dev.domainhere.info/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/dev.domainhere.info/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}

Now, press the Esc key, and type :wq! and press the Enter key to save and exit the file.

For SELinux enabled systems, Run the below command

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

Now, restart & check the Nginx with the following commands:

systemctl restart nginx

systemctl status nginx

Enable http and https ( 80/443 )

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To enable http and https connection through the firewall, follow the commands:

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

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

firewall-cmd --reload

Install Backdrop CMS

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Download Backdrop CMS from the official website : Click here.

Let's install Backdrop CMS using below command:

cd /var/www/html

wget https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/archive/refs/heads/1.x.zip

unzip 1.x.zip

mv backdrop-1.x backdrop

rm 1.x.zip

Setting up File Permissions

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Let's make the folders readable.

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

chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/backdrop

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

Now, restart & check Nginx with the following commands:

systemctl restart nginx

systemctl status nginx

Configuring Backdrop CMS

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Now open the IP address from your browser, this will redirect you to configuring the final parts of the Backdrop CMS installation.

https://dev.domainhere.info

Replace the dev.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 Backdrop CMS with LEMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8.