Drupal: Difference between revisions

From Alpine Linux
(replace /etc/init.d with rc-service)
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
== What is drupal? ==
[https://drupal.org/ Drupal] is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to larger corporate and political sites including whitehouse.gov and data.gov.uk. It is also used for knowledge management and business collaboration.
 
Drupal is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to larger corporate and political sites including whitehouse.gov and data.gov.uk. It is also used for knowledge management and business collaboration.
 
== Set up drupal on Alpine Linux ==
 
This document will be a quick c/p guide to setup Drupal on Alpine linux. What we will setup is the following:
 
* Lighttpd with PHP
* Mysql
* drupal


== Install lighttpd, PHP and MySql ==
== Install lighttpd, PHP and MySql ==
Line 20: Line 10:
== Installing and configuring drupal ==
== Installing and configuring drupal ==


'''Install drupal'''
Create a folder named {{Path|webapps}}
 
Make webapps folder


{{Cmd|mkdir /usr/share/webapps/ -p}}
{{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}


Download  
Download the source code archive


{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.0.tar.gz}}
wget https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.19.tar.gz}}


Unpack and delete tar file
Unpack the archive and delete the tarball afterwards


{{Cmd|tar zxvf drupal-7.0.tar.gz  
{{Cmd|tar zxvf drupal-7.19.tar.gz  
rm drupal-7.0.tar.gz}}
rm drupal-7.19.tar.gz}}
   
   
Change Folder Name
Change the folder name
 
{{Cmd|mv drupal-7.19 drupal}}


{{Cmd|mv drupal-7.0 drupal}}
Change the folder permissions
 
{{Cmd|chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/}}


Creating settings file
Creating settings file
Line 44: Line 36:
{{Cmd|cp  /usr/share/webapps/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php /usr/share/webapps/drupal/sites/default/settings.php}}
{{Cmd|cp  /usr/share/webapps/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php /usr/share/webapps/drupal/sites/default/settings.php}}


Change Folder Persmissions
Create a symlink to the {{Path|drupal}} folder
 
{{Cmd|chmod -R 777 /usr/share/webapps/drupal}}
 
Make symlinks to Drupal


{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/drupal/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal}}
{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/drupal/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal}}
Line 56: Line 44:
'''Starting http service and adding to boot'''
'''Starting http service and adding to boot'''


{{Cmd|/etc/init.d/lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default}}
{{Cmd|rc-service lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default}}




== Config MySql ==
== Config MySql ==


{{Cmd|/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
{{Cmd|<nowiki>/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
/etc/init.d/mysql start && rc-update add mysql default
rc-service mysql start && rc-update add mysql default
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'}}
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'</nowiki>}}


'''Create the drupal database'''
'''Create the drupal database'''
Line 73: Line 61:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT}}
EXIT}}
 
 
== Config your drupal ==
== Config your drupal ==


Browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/drupal and Install Drupal completing the information as appropriate from the web browser.
Browse to: <nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/drupal</nowiki> and Install Drupal completing the information as appropriate from the web browser.


Drupal Installation steps:
Drupal Installation steps:
Line 130: Line 118:


Review the messages above before visiting your new site.
Review the messages above before visiting your new site.
You have drupal cloud computing system working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/drupal and enjoy!
You have drupal cloud computing system working, to access go to <nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/drupal</nowiki> and enjoy!

Latest revision as of 09:54, 17 November 2023

Drupal is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to larger corporate and political sites including whitehouse.gov and data.gov.uk. It is also used for knowledge management and business collaboration.

Install lighttpd, PHP and MySql

Basic Installation

For installing the additional packages first activate community packages and update the package index

Install the required packages:

# apk add lighttpd php82 fcgi php82-cgi

Configure Lighttpd

Edit lighttpd.conf (/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf) and uncomment the line:

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

... include "mod_fastcgi.conf" ...

Edit mod_fastcgi.conf (/etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf), find and change /usr/bin/php-cgi to /usr/bin/php-cgi82.

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf

... "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi82" # php-cgi ...

Start lighttpd service and add it to default runlevel

# rc-service lighttpd start # rc-update add lighttpd default

Install extra packages:

apk add mysql mysql-client php-mysql php-mysqli php-pdo_mysql

Installing and configuring drupal

Create a folder named webapps

mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download the source code archive

cd /usr/share/webapps/ wget https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.19.tar.gz

Unpack the archive and delete the tarball afterwards

tar zxvf drupal-7.19.tar.gz rm drupal-7.19.tar.gz

Change the folder name

mv drupal-7.19 drupal

Change the folder permissions

chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/

Creating settings file

cp /usr/share/webapps/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php /usr/share/webapps/drupal/sites/default/settings.php

Create a symlink to the drupal folder

ln -s /usr/share/webapps/drupal/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal

Starting

Starting http service and adding to boot

rc-service lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default


Config MySql

/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql rc-service mysql start && rc-update add mysql default /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'

Create the drupal database

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE drupal; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal.* TO "root"; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT

Config your drupal

Browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/drupal and Install Drupal completing the information as appropriate from the web browser.

Drupal Installation steps:

Note: After select each option, pres "Save and continue" button.

1 - Select an installation profile

  • Standard ( Install with commonly used features pre-configured.)
  • Minimal ( Start with only a few modules enabled.)

2 - Choose language

  • English (built-in)

3 - Verify requirements

  • (Nothing to do here if all is ok)

4 - Set up database Database type MySQL

  • Database name drupal
  • Database username root
  • Database password your-mysql-password

- 5 Configure site

  • SITE INFORMATION
  • Site name
  • Site e-mail address
  • SITE MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
  • Username
  • E-mail address
  • Password
  • Confirm password
  • SERVER SETTINGS
  • Default country
  • Default time zone
  • UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS
  • Check for updates automatically
  • Receive e-mail notifications

After click on "Save and continue" you will see Drupal installation complete

Congratulations, you installed Drupal!

Review the messages above before visiting your new site.

Review the messages above before visiting your new site. You have drupal cloud computing system working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/drupal and enjoy!

Retrieved from "https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Drupal&oldid=25673"