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To get started with installing SuluCMS, follow the steps below:
Install MariaDB Database Server
MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with SuluCMS. 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 MariaDB service to start up 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 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 php7.2-common php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-curl php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
Create SuluCMS Database
Once you’ve installed all the packages required for SuluCMS to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank SuluCMS database.
To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called suludb
CREATE DATABASE suludb;
Create a database user called suludbuser with a new password
CREATE USER 'suludbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON suludb.* TO 'suludbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download SuluCMS Latest Release
To get SuluCMS’s latest release, you may want to 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 your home directory and download SuluCMS packages from Github via Composer.
cd ~/
composer create-project sulu/sulu-minimal sulucms -n
cd ~/sulucms
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
The content management part of Sulu is built upon web spaces. Each of these web spaces configures a content tree. In addition, each content tree may contain translations for different locales.
The default webspace configuration is located in app/Resources/webspaces/example.com.xml. Rename this file so that it matches the name of your project.
Next, run the commands below to open the Sulu webspace example.com.xml file.
nano ~/sulucms/app/Resources/webspaces/example.com.xml
Then edit the highlighted lines below and save.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<webspace xmlns="http://schemas.sulu.io/webspace/webspace"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.sulu.io/webspace/webspace http://s$
<name>sulucms</name>
<key>sulucms</key>
<localizations>
<localization language="en" default="true"/>
</localizations>
Save the file and exit.
After that, enter your database info into the database parameters file.
nano ~/sulucms/app/config/parameters.yml
Then update the highlighted lines.
# This file is auto-generated during the composer install
parameters:
database_driver: pdo_mysql
database_host: 127.0.0.1
database_port: null
database_name: suludb
database_user: suludbuser
database_password: suludbuser_password_here
database_version: 5.5
mailer_transport: smtp
mailer_host: 127.0.0.1
mailer_user: null
mailer_password: null
secret: ThisTokenIsNotSoSecretChangeIt
sulu_admin.name: Sulu
sulu_admin.email: null
websocket_port: 9876
websocket_url: sulu.lo
Save the file and exit.
When you’re done with the configuration, populate the database with Sulu’s default data by running the commands below.
~/sulucms/bin/adminconsole sulu:build dev
Running the commands above will create a user account with admin and password admin.
Now that the database is ready, we’ll fire up a server to try Sulu in the browser.
cd ~/sulucms SYMFONY_ENV=dev bin/console server:start
When the server starts, open your browser and browse to the server IP address or hostname.
http://localhost:8000/admin
You should see the SuluCMS login page. Type in the admin username and password:
Username: admin
Password: admin
That’s it!
Your Sulu website is ready now! Check out the administration, create pages, and play around.
When you’re ready to learn more, continue creating a Page Template.
Enjoy~
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