ProcessWire is a free open-source content management system which is developed in PHP language. It is a powerful CMS that allows you to upload content easily over the internet. The app offers many useful features like CLI, Templates, multi-language support , image uploads, drag-drop file uploads and much more. It also offers a responsive web interface making your work more easier and enjoyable! It uses MySQL as it’s database backend to store its content!
Requirements :
- 1GB RAM or more (The more the better performance)
- 1vCore or more CPU (The more the less hiccups and solid performance)
- 5-10GB of Disk Space
- Ubuntu 22.04
Step 1: Update your server
First step is to update your server and look for newer packages and newer security releases for your distribution :
apt-get update -y
apt-get upgrade -y
Step 2: Install LAMP Stack :
Next step is to install quickly a LAMP Stack as the CMS is based on PHP and uses MySQL as Database Backend, Run the following command to install :
apt-get install apache2
apt-get install -y php php-{common,mysql,xml,xmlrpc,curl,gd,imagick,cli,dev,imap,mbstring,opcache,soap,zip,intl}
apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
mysql_secure_installation
Do the steps as shown in the picture :
Create a database :
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE processdb;
CREATE USER processuser@localhost IDENTIFIED by ‘processpassword’;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON processdb.* TO processuser@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT
Step 3 : Install ProcessWire
We have everything ready to install our CMS! Run the following commands to install it :
wget https://github.com/processwire/processwire/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
mv processwire-master/* /var/www/html/
Change file permissions :
chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/processwire/
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/processwire/
Step 4: Configure through Web Interface
First step is to select the installation profile (You can use ‘blank‘) :
1.
2. Configure Database (Enter the details you put above) :
3. Create admin account :
4. Access your admin page :
You can now easily configure you site!
Conclusion :
You have installed ProcessWire CMS on your Ubuntu 22.04 Machine! This tutorial assumes you are root!
