How to install Bludit 1.5.2 on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Bludit 1.5.2 on Ubuntu 17.04
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. This article explains the installation of Bludit CMS tool in Ubuntu 17.04

Prerequisites
Bludit requires a web server to functionally based on LAMP setup on your system and also with following required PHP modules.

apt-get install php-mysql php-curl php-json php-cgi php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-xmlrpc php-gd php-mbstring php  php-common  php-xmlrpc php-soap  
php-xml php-intl  php-cli  php-ldap php-zip php-readline php-imap 

Installing Bludit

Let' s first start with Updating the system repository with the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:2 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

And then we have to create a Database and configure as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 10
Server version: 10.1.25-MariaDB- Ubuntu 17.04

Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]>  CREATE DATABASE bludit 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON typo3.* TO  ' bludituser' @' localhost'  IDENTIFIED BY ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  FLUSH PRIVILEGES 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  EXIT 
Bye

Next, switch to the /tmp/ directory.

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /tmp/

And download the package from the terminal using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/bludit-s3/bludit-builds/bludit-1-5-2.zip
--2018-03-26 10:19:47--  https://s3.amazonaws.com/bludit-s3/bludit-builds/bludit-1-5-2.zip
Resolving s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.0.251
Connecting to s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.0.251|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 937609 (916K) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ bludit-1-5-2.zip’ 

bludit-1-5-2.zip        100%[==============================> ] 915.63K   404KB/s    in 2.3s    

2018-03-26 10:19:50 (404 KB/s) - ‘ bludit-1-5-2.zip’  saved [937609/937609]

Now Unzip the package using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# unzip bludit-1-5-2.zip 
Archive:  bludit-1-5-2.zip
   creating: bludit/
  inflating: bludit/.htaccess        
   creating: bludit/bl-content/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/content.class.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/dbjson.class.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-kernel/abstract/plugin.class.php  
   creating: bludit/bl-kernel/admin/
.
.
inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/metadata.json  
   creating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/
  inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/head.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/home.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/page.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/post.php  
  inflating: bludit/bl-themes/log/php/sidebar.php  
  inflating: bludit/index.php        
  inflating: bludit/install.php

And then move the extracted package to apache root directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# mv bludit /var/www/html/

Then change the ownership of the directory.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/html/bludit/bl-content

Enable the module rewrite with the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# a2enmod rewrite

Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

next, restart the apache2 to make the changes effect.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# systemctl restart apache2

once done we need to create a virtual host for bludit .

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bludit.conf
[..]
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bludit/

< Directory /var/www/html/bludit/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 
[..]

After creating a Virtual host enable the site access.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# a2ensite bludit.conf
Enabling site bludit.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

And then restart the apache2 service

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# systemctl restart apache2

But, make sure you disable the default Apache site.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.

To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Next, restart the Apache web server to make the changes effect.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# systemctl restart apache2

Now you can proceed the installation process graphically from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://ip-address or domain name

First, choose the language and click Next

And then complete the admin login details and click install

Now you will see the info page of bludit cms

You can log in using the option from the right side panel

click on login

Enter the credentials which were created previously

And after successful login, you will see the following page

with this, the method to install Bludit 1.5.2 on Ubuntu 17.04 comes to an end.