How to install CMS Made simple in Ubuntu

Now extract the package to the newly created directory

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# tar -xvf cmsmadesimple-1.11.11-full.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/cms-made-simple/
./lib/adodb.functions.php
./lib/.htaccess
./lib/autoloader.php
./lib/adodb_lite/
&hellip 
&hellip 
./install/images/7.gif
./install/images/2off.gif
./install/images/3.gif
./install/images/4.gif

Create database for CMS Made simple

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 48
Server version: 5.5.53-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 (Ubuntu)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.
mysql>  CREATE DATABASE cmsmsdb 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cmsmsdb.* TO ' cmsmsuser' @' localhost'  IDENTIFIED BY ' password'  WITH GRANT OPTION 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>  FLUSH PRIVILEGES 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>  exit

Create a new virtual host directive in Apache.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/cmsms.conf

Add the following lines to the file

VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerAdmin admin@your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/cms-made-simple/
ServerName linuxhelp
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
< Directory /var/www/cms-made-simple/> 
    Options FollowSymLinks Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
< /Directory> 
    ErrorLog logs/error_log
    CustomLog logs/access_log common
< /VirtualHost> 

Create symbolic link for the configuration file.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/cmsms.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/cmsms.conf

Edit the ‘ /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini’ PHP configuration file.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Change the values for the following options.

max_execution_time = 120
upload_max_filesize = 10M
post_max_size = 10M

Restart the apache web server.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# service apache2 restart
 * Restarting web server apache2

Change ownership for the cms-made-simple directory.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/cms-made-simple/

Open the web browser and navigate to http://[ip_address]/cms-made-simple/install/

Installation page appears.

Checking permissions and php settings.

Enter the admin information