How to install Bludit 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To install Bludit 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Bludit is an open source and extensible file-based CMS application that stores post and pages by using the flat files. It allows the users to built a fully functional site or blog in an easy way. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Bludit on Ubuntu 18.04.
Prerequisites
To install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )
Php installation with required following modules
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc
php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0 php7.0-common php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap php7.0-xml php7.0-intl php7.0-cli php7.0-ldap
php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl
Installation
Download a Bludit package using the following URL
root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net/builds/bludit-2-3-4.zip
--2018-06-01 16:48:36-- https://df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net/builds/bludit-2-3-4.zip
Resolving df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net (df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net)... 13.33.142.145, 13.33.142.133, 13.33.142.170, ...
Connecting to df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net (df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net)|13.33.142.145|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1768520 (1.7M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘;bludit-2-3-4.zip’;
bludit-2-3-4.zip 100%[==============================>] 1.69M 471KB/s in 4.2s
2018-06-01 16:48:41 (416 KB/s) - ‘;bludit-2-3-4.zip’; saved [1768520/1768520]
After Downloading extract the downloaded package
root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip bludit-2-3-4.zip
Archive: bludit-2-3-4.zip
creating: bludit-2-3-4/
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/install.php
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/index.php
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/LICENSE
.
.
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/fr_FR.json
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/uk_UA.json
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/es.json
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-plugins/disqus/languages/pl_PL.json
creating: bludit-2-3-4/bl-content/
inflating: bludit-2-3-4/.htaccess
Move the extracted file into the HTML directory
root@linuxhelp1:~# mv bludit-2-3-4 /var/www/
Navigate to the apache document root directory
root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/
Change ownership and permission of the as Bludit follows
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data bludit-2-3-4
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 bludit-2-3-4/
Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Bludit
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/bludit-2-3-4/
<Directory /var/www/bludit-2-3-4/>
AllowOverride All
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Enable site access
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite bludit.conf
Enabling site bludit.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Disable default access
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Enable rewrite module
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
Restart the apache service to make the changes effect
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2
Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://<ipaddress or domain name
Choose the language for using Blidit as shown below
Configure the Admin user setup
After the configuration, you will see the following page as shown below
You can log in using the admin user credentials
After the Successful login, you will see the Admin dashboard of Bludit as shown below
You will see the version of Bludit
With this, the method to install Bludit 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.