How to Install Elxis CMS on CentOS 8

How to Install Elxis CMS on CentOS 8

Elxis is a free Content Management System (CMS) that allows you to easily create websites be it your personal website, blogs or even complex corporate websites and portals without prior knowledge in programming. This Tutorial covers the installation of Elxis CMS on CentOS 8.

Installation Process:

Check the CentOS version by using command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.8.el8.x86_64

I have been already download the Elxis CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# ls -la
total 11356
dr-xr-x---. 16 root root     4096 Aug 26 13:57 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 18 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:47 ..
-rw-------.  1 root root     1628 Aug 19 10:37 anaconda-ks.cfg
-rw-------.  1 root root      211 Aug 19 10:47 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root       18 May 11  2019 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root      176 May 11  2019 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root      176 May 11  2019 .bashrc
drwx------. 11 root root     4096 Aug 26 13:50 .cache
drwx------. 12 root root     4096 Aug 26 13:56 .config
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root      100 May 11  2019 .cshrc
drwx------.  3 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:38 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Documents
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 26 13:57 Downloads
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 11515093 Aug 26 13:56 elxis_5.1_cronus_rev2352.zip
-rw-------.  1 root root       16 Aug 19 10:39 .esd_auth
-rw-------.  1 root root      620 Aug 19 10:58 .ICEauthority
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root     1783 Aug 19 10:39 initial-setup-ks.cfg
drwx------.  3 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 .local
drwx------   5 root root     4096 Aug 26 13:50 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Music
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Pictures
drwxr-----.  3 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 .pki
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Public
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root      129 May 11  2019 .tcshrc
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Templates
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Aug 19 10:39 Videos
-rw-------.  1 root root      873 Aug 19 10:43 .viminfo

Extract the downloaded file by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip elxis_5.1_cronus_rev2352.zip -d elxis
Archive:  elxis_5.1_cronus_rev2352.zip
   creating: elxis/components/
   creating: elxis/components/com_content/
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/content.article.xml  
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/content.category.xml  
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/content.menu.xml  
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/content.php  
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/content.xml  
   creating: elxis/components/com_content/controllers/
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/controllers/aarticle.php  
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/controllers/acategory.php  
  inflating: elxis/components/com_content/controllers/afpage.php  
.
.
.
inflating: elxis/templates/system/images/nopicture.png  
  inflating: elxis/templates/system/images/nopicture_article.jpg  
  inflating: elxis/templates/system/images/print.png  
  inflating: elxis/templates/system/inner.php  
  inflating: elxis/templates/system/offline.php  
  inflating: elxis/templates/system/security.php  

Move the Elxis CMS to apache root directory

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv elxis /var/www/

Set the ownership for elxis cms

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/elxis

Set the permission for anchor cms

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/elxis

Configure the virtualhost for elxis cms

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/elxis.conf
<virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        Documentroot /var/www/elxis
<directory /var/www/elxis>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Create a database for Elxis CMS

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 16
Server version: 10.3.17-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

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

MariaDB [(none)]> create database elxis_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'elxis_user' @localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.028 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on elxis_db.* to 'elxis_user'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye

Restart the apache service

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Go to the browser and enter the domain name This Is the welcome page of anchor cms accept the license Configure the database details here Configure the admin credentials here The installation is completed now go to the admin panel Enter the admin credentials to login the Elxis CMS This Is the dashboard of Elxis CMS. With this the installation of Elxis CMS on CentOS 8 comes to end