Sitemagic CMS works wonderfully with the Apache2 webserver. However, if you want an Nginx fan and want to run it on Nginx, the steps below show you how to run Sitemagic with Nginx HTTP support.
Sitemagic is an open-source, flat-file content management system (CMS) with a slick design that allows you to create beautiful and captivating websites. It is fully extensible and super-fast, even on small servers. In addition, it offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based CMS, like WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal.
For one, it doesn’t need a database server to function. It’s a flat-file CMS. It also provides native markdown WYSIWYG support, SEO-friendly, flexible CSS framework, and easy installation and management.
For more about Sitemagic, please check out its homepage.
When you’re ready to get Sitemagic working, continue with the steps below:
Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu
Nginx HTTP Server is the second most popular web server in use. Install it since Sitemagic 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, and you should see the Nginx default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.
http://localhost
Install PHP 7.2-FPM and Related Modules
PHP 7.2-FPM may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories for some systems. So you will have to get it from third-party repositories if you need it.
Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM
sudo apt update
Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-soap php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-curl php7.2-zip
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open Nginx’s PHP default config file.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/nginx/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 memory_limit = 256M cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0 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
Download Sitemagic Latest Release
Next, visit the Sitemagic site and download the latest package. Or run the commands below to download Sitemagic packages.
After downloading, run the commands below to extract the downloaded file and move it into a new Sitemagicroot directory.
cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/Jemt/SitemagicCMS/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip sudo mv SitemagicCMS-master /var/www/html/sitemagic
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Sitemagic to function correctly.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/sitemagic/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/sitemagic/
Configure Nginx Sitemagic Site
Finally, configure the Nginx configuration file for Sitemagic. This file will control how users access Sitemagic content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called site magic.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/sitemagic
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/arastta;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
client_max_body_size 100M;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-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 Sitemagic Site and Rewrite the 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/sitemagic /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Restart Nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Next, open your browser and browse the server hostname or IP address, and you should see the Sitemagic page.
http://example.com
You have successfully installed Sitemagic CMS on Ubuntu. Login with username and password = admin
Enjoy!
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