If you are looking for a flat-file CMS platform that is easy to install, simple to maintain, and flexible, then you should be looking at Mono CMS. With Mono CMS, you get a simple and fast editor for creating posts, a clean design, and a lightweight. For more about Mono CMS, please check their Homepage This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Mono CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 LTS. To get started with installing Mono CMS, follow the steps below:
Install Apache2 HTTP Server
Mono CMS requires a web server and the Apache2 HTTP server is the most popular open-source web server available today. To install the Apache2 server, run the commands below: After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots. Now that Apache2 is installed. to test whether the web server is working, open your browser and browse to the URL below. If you see the page above, then Apache2 is successfully installed.
Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
Mono CMS is a PHP-based CMS and PHP is required. However, PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu’s default repositories. To run PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 and previous, you may need to run the commands below: Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2 Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default configuration file for Apache2. The lines below are a good setting for most PHP-based CMS. Update the configuration file with these and save. Every time you make changes to the PHP configuration file, you should also restart the Apache2 web server. To do so, run the commands below: Now that PHP is installed, to test whether it’s functioning, create a test file called phpinfo.php in the Apache2 default root directory. ( /var/www/html/) Then type the content below and save the file. Next, open your browser and browse to the server’s hostname or IP address followed by phpinfo.php You should see the PHP default test page.
Download Mono CMS Latest Release
To get Mono CMS’s latest release you may want to go and download from its download page. Or use the commands below to use wget and get it downloaded. Once downloaded extract the downloaded content into the newly created Mono CMS directory. Next, run the commands below to set the correct permissions for the Mono CMS root directory and give Apache2 control.
Configure Apache2
Finally, configure the Apache2 site configuration file for Mono CMS. This file will control how users access Mono CMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called monograms.conf 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. Save the file and exit.
Enable the Mono CMS and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name to bring up the Mono CMS portal. When you first upload Monocms, you must change the password and username but you don’t have to do that if you just want to transfer from one directory to another. To change the password, you must log in using the default username and password, and then you can change your password from the settings page and your username from the accounts management page. Congratulation! You have successfully installed Mono CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04. You may also like the post below:
