How to install Bludit CMS on Ubuntu 20.4.1

To install Bludit CMS on Ubuntu 20.4.1

Introduction:

Bludit is a web application to build your own website or blog in seconds. It's completely free and open source. Bludit is a Flat-File CMS, which means that Bludit uses files in the JSON format to store the content.

Installation process:

Run lsb_release command to check the installed version of OS as follows.

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal
Install Apache:
root@linuxhelp:~# apt install apache2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.4.0-42 linux-headers-5.4.0-42-generic linux-headers-5.4.0-52 linux-headers-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic linux-image-5.4.0-52-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-52-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

Start the apache by following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl start apache2

Install PHP modules by using below commands:

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-sqlite3 php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.4.0-42 linux-headers-5.4.0-42-generic linux-headers-5.4.0-52 linux-headers-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic linux-image-5.4.0-52-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-52-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-42-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-52-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4 libc-client2007e libonig5 libzip5 mlock php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-gd

Download Bludit cms by using below command:

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://www.bludit.com/releases/bludit-3-8-1.zip
--2020-12-02 18:58:52--  https://www.bludit.com/releases/bludit-3-8-1.zip
Resolving www.bludit.com (www.bludit.com)... 104.27.171.56, 104.27.170.56, 172.67.211.35, ...
Connecting to www.bludit.com (www.bludit.com)|104.27.171.56|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1367695 (1.3M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘bludit-3-8-1.zip’
bludit-3-8-1.zip                 100%[=======================================================>]   1.30M   986KB/s    in 1.4s  

Extract the Zip file by using below command:

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip bludit-3-8-1.zip 
Archive:  bludit-3-8-1.zip
   creating: bludit-3-8-1/
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/install.php  
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/index.php  
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/LICENSE    
   creating: bludit-3-8-1/bl-languages/
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/bl-languages/tr_TR.json  
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/bl-languages/ms_MY.json  
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/bl-languages/hu_HU.json  
  inflating: bludit-3-8-1/bl-languages/pt_PT.json

root@linuxhelp:~# mv bludit-3-8-1 /var/www/bludit

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/bludit
root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/bludit

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf

root@linuxhelp:~# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite bludit.conf
Enabling site bludit.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2