How to install JOOMLA - CMS on Oracle Linux

To Install Joomla cms on olacle Linux

Introduction

Joomla is a popular CMS (Content Management System) written in PHP that is free and open-source. Users can use it to create blogs and websites without having any programming experience. It can also be used independently to create powerful online applications.

Installation steps:

Step 1: check the OS version

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Oracle Linux Server"
VERSION="8.4"
ID="ol"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="8.4"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 8.4"

Step 2 : check the PHP version

[root@localhost ~]# php -v
PHP 7.4.26 (cli) (built: Nov 16 2021 15:31:30) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.26, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

step 3 : check mysql version

[root@localhost ~]# mysql --version
mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.3.28-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1

step 4 : check the apache version

[root@localhost ~]# httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.37 (Oracle Linux)
Server built:   Nov 17 2021 13:40:38

Step 5 : install php modules for joomla

[root@localhost ~]# yum install php-curl php-xml php-zip php-mysqlnd php-intl php-gd php-json php-ldap php-mbstring php-opcache 
gitlab_gitlab-ce                                                                                            293  B/s | 862  B     00:02    
gitlab_gitlab-ce-source                                                                                     317  B/s | 862  B     00:02    
google-chrome                                                                                               4.8 kB/s | 1.3 kB     00:00    
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                        24 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00    
php-json                         x86_64                    7.4.26-1.el8.remi                         remi-modular                     78 k
 php-ldap                         x86_64                    7.4.26-1.el8.remi                         remi-modular                     98 k
 php-mbstring                     x86_64                    7.4.26-1.el8.remi                         remi-modular                    528 k
 php-mysqlnd                      x86_64                    7.4.26-1.el8.remi                         remi-modular                    262 k
php-pdo                          x86_64                    7.4.26-1.el8.remi                         remi-modular                    145 k
  Installing       : php-common-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64                                                                               2/14 
  Installing       : php-pdo-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64                                                                                  3/14 
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Installed:
  libicu69-69.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64                 libzip-1.8.0-1.el8.remi.x86_64             oniguruma5php-6.9.7.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64      
  php-common-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64             php-gd-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64            php-intl-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64            
  php-json-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64               php-ldap-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64          php-mbstring-7.4.26-1.el8.remi.x86_64        
Complete!

Step 6: login to mysql

[root@localhost ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 11
Server version: 10.3.28-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.

Step 7 : create the database for joomla

MariaDB [(none)]> create database joomla_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.001 sec)

Step 8: Use the database

MariaDB [(none)]> use joomla_db;
Database changed

Step 9 : create a database user for joomla

MariaDB [joomla_db]> create user 'joomla'@localhost identified by 'joomla@123';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

Step 10 : restrict acces of database

MariaDB [joomla_db]> flush privilegas;
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'privilegas' at line 1
MariaDB [joomla_db]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.000 sec)

Step 11 : grant privileges to the database user

MariaDB [joomla_db]> grant all on joomla_db to 'joomla'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

Step 12 : Exit from the database

MariaDB [joomla_db]> exit
Bye

Step 13 : download joomla packages

[root@localhost ~]# wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-4/Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
--2021-11-24 05:57:51--  https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-4/Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
Resolving downloads.joomla.org (downloads.joomla.org)... 104.26.14.15, 104.26.15.15, 172.67.74.86, ...
Length: 26627743 (25M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip’

Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.z 100%[================================================================>]  25.39M  3.11MB/s    in 16s     

2021-11-24 05:58:09 (1.55 MB/s) - ‘Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip’ saved [26627743/26627743]

Step 14 : extract the packages

[root@localhost ~]# unzip  'Joomla_4-0-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip'  -d  /var/www/html/joomla
  creating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Field/
  inflating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Field/PluginTypeField.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Field/PluginElementField.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Field/PluginorderingField.php  
om_plugins/src/Helper/
  inflating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Helper/PluginsHelper.php  
   creating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_categories/
   creating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_categories/tmpl/
   creating: /var/www/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_categories/tmpl/category/
  inflating: /var/www/html/joomla/web.config.txt

step 15 : change the ownership to apache

[root@localhost ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/joomla

Step 16 : change the permission to joomla

[root@localhost ~]# chmod 755 /var/www/html/joomla

Step 17: create a joomla configuration file

[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/joomla.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin admin@example.com
   DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/joomla"
   ServerName joomla.example.com
   ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/example.com-error_log"
   CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/example.com-access_log" combined

<Directory "/var/www/html/joomla">
   DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
   Options FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
   Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Step 18 : restart the web service

 [root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 19 : Type the ip in Browser

Step 20 : create admin user

Step 21 : Enter the database Credentials we already created in mysql

Step 22 : press complete and opensite

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