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How to Install Bludit CMS on Fedora 28

Last Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2019
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Bludit is a simple, fast and flexible blogging CMS written in PHP. Bludit uses files in JSON format to store content, so you don't need to install or configure a database. Bludit source code is hosted on Github. This guide will show you how to install Bludit CMS on a fresh Fedora 28 Vultr instance.

Requirements

  • PHP version 5.3 or greater with the following extensions:

    • mbstring

    • gd

    • dom

    • json

  • Web server with PHP support like Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, H2O. This guide will use Nginx.

Before you begin

Check the Fedora version.

cat /etc/fedora-release

# Fedora release 28 (Twenty Eight)

Create a new non-root user account with sudo access and switch to it.

useradd -c "John Doe" johndoe && passwd johndoe

usermod -aG wheel johndoe

su - johndoe

NOTE: Replace johndoe with your username.

Set up the timezone.

timedatectl list-timezones

sudo timedatectl set-timezone 'Region/City'

Ensure that your system is up to date.

sudo dnf check-upgrade || sudo dnf upgrade -y

Install necessary packages.

sudo dnf install -y wget curl vim unzip

For simplicity, disable SELinux and Firewall.

sudo setenforce 0 ; sudo systemctl stop firewalld ; sudo systemctl disable firewalld

Install PHP

Install PHP and required PHP extensions.

sudo dnf install -y php-cli php-fpm php-common php-mbstring php-gd php-xml php-json

Check the version.

php --version

# PHP 7.2.8 (cli) (built: Jul 17 2018 05:35:43) ( NTS )

# Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group

# Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies

Start and enable PHP-FPM.

sudo systemctl start php-fpm.service

sudo systemctl enable php-fpm.service

Install Nginx

Bludit can work with many web servers with PHP support. In this guide we will use Nginx.

Install Nginx.

sudo dnf install -y nginx

Check the version.

nginx -v

# nginx version: nginx/1.12.1

Start and enable Nginx.

sudo systemctl start nginx.service

sudo systemctl enable nginx.service

Run sudo vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/bludit.conf and configure Nginx for Bludit.

server {



  listen 80;



  server_name example.com;

  root /var/www/bludit;



  index index.php;



  location ~ \.php$ {

    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;

    fastcgi_index index.php;

    include fastcgi.conf;

  }



  location / {

    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

  }



  location ^~ /bl-content/tmp/ { deny all; } 

  location ^~ /bl-content/pages/ { deny all; } 

  location ^~ /bl-content/databases/ { deny all; } 

}

Save the file and exit.

Test the configuration.

sudo nginx -t

Reload Nginx.

sudo systemctl reload nginx.service

Install Bludit

Create a document root directory.

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/bludit

Change ownership of the /var/www/bludit directory to johndoe.

sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /var/www/bludit

Download the latest version from the official page and extract the zip file..

cd /var/www/bludit

wget https://df6m0u2ovo2fu.cloudfront.net/builds/bludit-2-3-4.zip

unzip bludit-2-3-4.zip

rm bludit-2-3-4.zip

mv bludit-2-3-4/* . && mv bludit-2-3-4/.* .

rmdir bludit-2-3-4

NOTE: Update the download URL if there is a newer release.

Change ownership of the /var/www/bludit directory to nginx.

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/bludit

Run sudo vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf and set user and group to nginx. Initially, it will be set to apache.

sudo vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

# user = nginx

# group = nginx

Restart PHP-FPM.

sudo systemctl restart php-fpm.service

Create the /var/lib/php/session/ directory and change ownership to nginx.

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/php/session/ && sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/lib/php/session/

Open your site in a web browser. The Bludit installer page will appear.

Follow the Bludit installer to configure your website. To access the Bludit admin area, append /admin to your site URL.

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