Zenario, an enterprise CMS developed by Tribal Systems, is excellent for secure extranet portals, online databases, e-commerce, and multilingual sites.
Setting up Zenario CMS with Nginx on Ubuntu is a great way to create a secure and scalable content management system. Nginx is a popular web server known for its high performance and low resource usage.
By installing Zenario CMS on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx, you can take advantage of the benefits of both technologies. This combination allows for easy collaboration and automation of engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile.
Additionally, Ubuntu is a widespread, well-supported Linux distribution with a large community of users, making it a great choice for hosting a CMS.
For more about Zenario CMS, please check their Homepage
Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu
Nginx HTTP Server is probably the second most popular web server, so install it since Zenario 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, as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.
http://localhost
Install MariaDB Database Server
MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers with Zenario. 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 18.04 and 18.10 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): Just 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.
Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
PHP 7.2 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 7.2
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2
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-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-mongodb php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-bcmath php7.2-xml php7.2-cli 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/fpm/php.ini
Then, make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is an excellent 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, save the file and closet.
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 Zenario Database
Once you’ve installed all the packages required for Zenario to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank Zenario database.
To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then, create a database called zenario
CREATE DATABASE zenario;
Create a database user called zenariouser with a new password
CREATE USER 'zenariouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then, grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON zenario.* TO 'zenariouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download Zenario’s Latest Release
To get Zenario’s latest release, you may use the GitHub repository. Install Composer, Curl, and other dependencies to get started.
sudo apt install curl git curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After installing curl and Composer above, change into the Nginx root directory and download Zenario packages from Github. Always replace the branch number with the latest branch.
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/zenario cd /var/www/html/zenario sudo composer create-project tribalsystems/zenario -sdev .
Next, create these two folders.
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/backup sudo mkdir /var/www/html/docstore
Then, give the web server access to them.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/docstore sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/backup
Then, run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Zenario to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/zenario/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/zenario/
Configure Nginx
Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for Zenario. This file will control how users access Zenario content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called zenario
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/zenario
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/zenario;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
client_max_body_size 100M;
autoindex off;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
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;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Save the file and exit.
Enable the Zenario
After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/zenario /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart Nginx by running the commands below to load all the settings above.
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see the complete Zenario setup wizard. Please follow the wizard carefully.
http://example.com/
Then, follow the on-screen instructions, select the installation language here, and continue with the setup wizard.
Next, accept the licensing terms and click Fresh Install
Enter the database connection info you created above on the next screen and continue.
Next, select Install with the default theme.
After that, create an admin account and continue.
Finally, Zenario should be installed and ready to use.
That’s it!
Congratulation! You have successfully installed Zenario CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10.
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