How to Install Bolt CMS 3.6v on Ubuntu 18.10
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Installation of Bolt CMS 3.6 On Ubuntu 18.10
Features:
It uses Twigs for its templates.
It is completely free to use for both personal and commercial websites.
It is very easy to add a download or to insert images.
Pre-requisites:
Apache 2.4.34
MariaDB 5+
PHP 5.5.9 or higher
PHP Modules:
php php-gd php-pdo php-sqlite3 php-mysql php-mbstring php-intl php-mcrypt php-curl php-zip
Download Link:
https://bolt.cm/distribution/bolt-latest.zip
Default htaceess Link:
https://bolt.cm/distribution/default.htaccess
You can download the installation package of bolt CMS 3.6v using wget command. The link is mentioned in the following command.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt# wget https://bolt.cm/distribution/bolt-latest.zip
--2019-04-30 00:23:19-- https://bolt.cm/distribution/bolt-latest.zip
Resolving bolt.cm (bolt.cm)... 82.196.12.59, 2a03:b0c0:0:1010::20f:5001
Connecting to bolt.cm (bolt.cm)|82.196.12.59|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 23647708 (23M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘bolt-latest.zip’
bolt-latest.zip 100%[==============================================>] 22.55M 759KB/s in 55s
2019-04-30 00:24:16 (418 KB/s) - ‘bolt-latest.zip’ saved [23647708/23647708]
List the contents to check the downloaded zip file of Bolt CMS.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt# ll
total 23104
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:23 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:12 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23647708 Apr 11 07:01 bolt-latest.zip
Extract the zip file of Bolt CMS.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt# unzip bolt-latest.zip
Archive: bolt-latest.zip
creating: bolt-v3.6.7/
creating: bolt-v3.6.7/app/
creating: bolt-v3.6.7/app/database/
extracting: bolt-v3.6.7/app/database/bolt.db
creating: bolt-v3.6.7/app/cache/
extracting: bolt-v3.6.7/app/cache/.gitignore
creating: bolt-v3.6.7/app/config/
creating: bolt-v3.6.7/app/config/extensions/
linking: bolt-v3.6.7/app/nut -> ../vendor/bin/nut
inflating: bolt-v3.6.7/index.php .
.
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bolt-v3.6.7/app/nut -> ../vendor/bin/nut
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/uaparser -> ../ua-parser/uap-php/bin/uaparser
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/validate-json -> ../justinrainbow/json-schema/bin/validate-json
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/composer -> ../composer/composer/bin/composer
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/jsonlint -> ../seld/jsonlint/bin/jsonlint
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/doctrine-dbal -> ../doctrine/dbal/bin/doctrine-dbal
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/bolt-requirements -> ../bolt/requirements/bin/bolt-requirements
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/requirements-checker -> ../symfony/requirements-checker/bin/requirements-checker
bolt-v3.6.7/vendor/bin/nut -> ../bolt/bolt/app/nut
View the extracted folders by listing.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt# ll
total 23108
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:24 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:12 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23647708 Apr 11 07:01 bolt-latest.zip
wxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Apr 11 07:01 bolt-v3.6.7/
Rename the directory to final.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt# mv bolt-v3.6.7/ final
Change the directory to final.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt# cd final/
List the contents in the final directory.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# ll
total 248
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Apr 11 07:01 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:24 ../
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 25 2018 app/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Apr 11 07:01 .bolt.yml.dist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 971 Apr 11 07:01 composer.json.dist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204220 Apr 11 07:00 composer.lock.dist
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 11 07:01 extensions/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 931 Apr 11 07:01 .gitignore
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3912 Aug 25 2018 index.php
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 25 2018 public/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345 Aug 25 2018 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 25 2018 src/
drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4096 Apr 11 07:01 vendor/
Rename the following files which are essential for the accessing the Bolt CMS.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# mv .bolt.yml.dist .bolt.yml
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# mv composer.json.dist composer.json
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# mv composer.lock.dist composer.lock
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# mv src/Site/CustomisationExtension.php.dist src/Site/CustomisationExtension.php
Download the default htaccess file
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# wget https://bolt.cm/distribution/default.htaccess
--2019-04-30 00:28:47-- https://bolt.cm/distribution/default.htaccess
Resolving bolt.cm (bolt.cm)... 82.196.12.59, 2a03:b0c0:0:1010::20f:5001
Connecting to bolt.cm (bolt.cm)|82.196.12.59|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1684 (1.6K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘default.htaccess’
default.htaccess 100%[==============================================>] 1.64K --.-KB/s in 0s
2019-04-30 00:28:48 (95.4 MB/s) - ‘default.htaccess’ saved [1684/1684]
List the contents to check the downloaded htaccess file.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# ll
total 252
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:28 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:24 ../
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 25 2018 app/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Apr 11 07:01 .bolt.yml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 971 Apr 11 07:01 composer.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204220 Apr 11 07:00 composer.lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1684 Apr 25 2016 default.htaccess
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 11 07:01 extensions/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 931 Apr 11 07:01 .gitignore
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3912 Aug 25 2018 index.php
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 25 2018 public/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345 Aug 25 2018 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 25 2018 src/
drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4096 Apr 11 07:01 vendor/
Rename the htaccess file
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# mv default.htaccess .htaccess
Assign ownership permissions to the final directory.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# chown -R www-data. ./
Assign writable permissions to the final directory.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# chmod -R 775 ./
Create a customised configuration file for bolt cms as follows.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/bolt.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
servername www.linuxhelp1.com
documentroot /var/www/bolt/final/public/
<directory /var/www/bolt/final/>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>
Disable the default access sitesr
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
Enable the bolt access site.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# a2ensite bolt.conf
Enabling site bolt.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2
And then, enable the rewrite module as follows.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
After that, restart the service of Apache.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/bolt/final# systemctl restart apache2
After all the above process, open the browser and enter the servername and hit enter.
Enroll the Admin credentials And click Create First User
The Admins Account Dashboard has opened
Therefore, installation Of Bolt CMS 3.6v On Ubuntu 18.10 comes to end here
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