How to Install Bludit CMS with Nginx on AlmaLinux 8
Bludit is a web application to build your website or blog in seconds, it's completely free and open-source. Bludit uses files in JSON format to store the content, you don't need to install or configure a database. You only need a web server with PHP support. In this article, we are going to learn how to install Bludit CMS on AlmaLinux 8. So, let’s get started.
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Pre-requisites
-
A system with AlmaLinux 8 installed and running.
-
root
access to the system. - Let's Encrypt installed, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing the Let's Encrypt with Nginx on AlmaLinux 8.
Once you're all set, we'll proceed with Bludit CMS installation and configuration.
Install Nginx & PHP
Let's begin with installing Nginx and PHP. Install using the below codes.
yum install nginx php php-curl php-gd php-dom php-mbstring php-zip php-json -y
Enable services
systemctl enable nginx
systemctl start nginx
systemctl status nginx
Enable Firewall
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
firewall-cmd --reload
Configuring Nginx Server Blocks
Let's configure nginx.conf
with the following command:
nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Replace the nginx.conf
file with the below configuration.
# 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
withYour Domain Name
and Change SSL Path according to your SSL Path.And also replace the root path,
/var/www/html/bludit/bludit
with the actual path where your website's data are stored.
server {
listen 80;
server_name dev.domainhere.info;
root /var/www/html/bludit/bludit;
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 in :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 )
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 Bludit CMS
Download Bludit CMS from the official website : Click here.
Let's install Bludit CMS using below command:
cd /var/www/html/
mkdir bludit
cd bludit
wget https://www.bludit.com/releases/bludit-3-13-1.zip
unzip bludit-3-13-1.zip
mv bludit-3-13-1 bludit
rm bludit-3-13-1.zip
cd bludit
Setting up File Permissions
Let's make the folders readable.
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/bludit/bludit
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/bludit/bludit
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/html/bludit/bludit
Now, restart & check Nginx with the following commands:
systemctl restart nginx
systemctl status nginx
Configuring Bludit CMS
Now open the IP address from your browser, this will redirect you to configuring the final parts of the Bludit 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 Bludit CMS with Nginx on AlmaLinux 8.
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