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How to Install Fuel CMS with Nginx on Ubuntu Linux

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The article provides a comprehensive guide for installing Fuel CMS, an open-source content management system, on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support. It details the installation of necessary dependencies like the Nginx HTTP Server, MariaDB Database Server, and PHP 7.1. It covers creating a Fuel CMS database, downloading and installing Fuel CMS, configuring the Nginx Fuel…

This article describes the steps to install Fuel CMS on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support.

Fuel CMS is an open-source content management system for premium-grade websites and blogs. It is built on CodeIgniter, a popular PHP web framework for advanced web development.

Whether creating a personal or business website, Fuel CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful admin dashboard.

If you currently run your website and content on other CMS like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla, you may want to try Fuel CMS. It’s a great alternative to those PHP-based content management systems.

For more on Fuel CMS, please visit its home page.

When you’re ready to get Fuel CMS working on Ubuntu, please continue with the steps below:

How to install Fuel CMS on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support

As described above, Fuel CMS is an open-source content management system for premium-grade websites and blogs. It is built on CodeIgniter, a popular PHP web framework for advanced web development.

Below is how to install it on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support.

Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the second most popular web server. Install it since Fuel CMS needs it.

To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start, and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots.

sudo systemctl stop nginx.service
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service

To test the Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address. You should see the Nginx default test page below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.

http://localhost
nginx default home page test

Install MariaDB Database Server

MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers for Magento. To install MariaDB, run the commands below.

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

After installing MariaDB, the commands below can stop, start, and enable the service to start when the server boots.

Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

sudo systemctl stop mysql.service
sudo systemctl start mysql.service
sudo systemctl enable mysql.service

Run these on Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS

sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

  • Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press the Enter
  • Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
  • New password: Enter password
  • Re-enter new password: Repeat password
  • Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
  • Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
  • Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y
  • Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

Restart MariaDB server

Type the commands below to log on to the MariaDB server to test if MariaDB is installed.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then, type the password you created above to sign on. If successful, you should see a MariaDB welcome message.

mariadb welcome

Install PHP 7.1-FPM and Related Modules.

PHP 7.1 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. To install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories.

Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.1-FPM

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.1-FPM

sudo apt update

Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.

sudo apt install php7.1-fpm php7.1-common php7.1-sqlite3 php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-curl php7.1-intl php7.1-mbstring php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-mysql php7.1-gd php7.1-xml php7.1-cli php7.1-zip

After installing PHP 7.1, run the commands below to open Nginx’s PHP default config file.

sudo nano /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini

Then, save the changes on the following lines below in the file. The value below is an ideal setting to apply in your environment.

file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
short_open_tag = On
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 100M
max_execution_time = 360
date.timezone = America/Chicago

After making the change above, please save the file and close it.

After installing PHP and related modules, you must restart Nginx to reload PHP configurations.

To restart Nginx, run the commands below

sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Create Fuel CMS Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages required for Fuel CMS to function continue below to start configuring the servers.

First, run the commands below to create a blank Fuel CMS database.

To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then, create a database called fuelcms

CREATE DATABASE fuelcms;

Create a database user called fueluser with a new password

CREATE USER 'fueluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';

Then, grant the user full access to the database.

GRANT ALL ON fuelcms.* TO 'fueluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Finally, save your changes and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Download and Install Fuel CMS

Run the commands below to download Fuel CMS’s latest (1.4.2) content. Then, unzip the download file and move the content to the Nginx default root directory.

cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
sudo mv FUEL-CMS-master /var/www/html/fuelcms

Next, run the commands below to change the root folder permissions.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/fuelcms/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/fuelcms/

Configure Nginx Fuel CMS Site

Finally, configure the Nginx configuration file for Fuel CMS. This file will control how users access Fuel CMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called fuelcms

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/fuelcms

Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location.

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    root /var/www/html/fuelcms;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    server_name  example.com www.example.com;

    client_max_body_size 100M;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
       }

    location ~ \.php$ {
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_pass           unix:/var/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
     }

}

Save the file and exit.

After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below.

Enable the Fuel CMS Site and Rewrite Module

After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Nginx server.

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/fuelcms /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Next, open your browser, go to the URL, and continue with the installation.

http://example.com/

When browsing the server hostname, you should see 4 steps to configuring Fuel CMS. Start with Step 2.

FuelCMS Ubuntu Install

Continue with the setup instructions below to complete the installation.

For step 2, run the commands below to import the fuel_schema.sql into the newly created database above.

sudo mysql -u fueluser -p fuelcms < /var/www/html/fuelcms/fuel/install/fuel_schema.sql

Next, go to Step 4 and complete the below setup.

In the fuel/application/config/config.php, change the $config[‘encryption_key’] to your unique key.

sudo nano /var/www/html/fuelcms/fuel/application/config/config.php

You can use the OpenSSL tool to generate a random key. For example, run the commands below to generate a random key using the OpenSSL tool.

openssl rand -base64 20

Copy the value into the line below. You can replace the number 20 with any.

$config['encryption_key'] = 'DzUdCphy+uIAlOSgI7+TO4bTc6Y=';

Next, enable the admin login by changing the line below to True

Run the commands below to open the file.

sudo nano /var/www/html/fuelcms/fuel/application/config/MY_fuel.php

Then make the below change. And save.

// whether the admin backend is enabled or not
$config['admin_enabled'] = TRUE;
.
$config['fuel_mode'] = 'AUTO';
FuelCMS Ubuntu setup install

Save your changes.

To access the FUEL admin, go to:
http://example.com/fuel
User name: admin
Password: admin

(you can and should change this password and admin user information after logging in)

Enjoy!

FuelCMS Ubuntu setup

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