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If your company is in need of a Content Management System (CMS), there are a bevy of available options, many of which are open source. One such option is the Subrion CMS. Subrion<\/a> is a free, open source CMS that includes all the features you need:<\/p>\n Subrion can be installed on any platform that includes the following requirements:<\/p>\n SEE: Side-by-side chart of popular Linux distros<\/a> (Tech Pro Research)<\/p>\n I’m going to walk you through the process of installing Subrion on the Ubuntu Server 16.04 platform. The process isn’t difficult, nor should it consume too much of your time.<\/p>\n Let’s get to work.<\/p>\n The first thing will do is update and upgrade our server. Remember, this process could upgrade your kernel, which would require a reboot. If this is a production server, make sure the upgrade happens at a time when a reboot is feasible.<\/p>\n To update and upgrade the Ubuntu Server, open a terminal window and issue the commands:<\/p>\n sudo apt-get update Once those commands finish, if the kernel is upgraded, reboot the server with the command sudo reboot<\/em>.<\/p>\n The next step is to install the necessary dependencies. We’ll first install the web and database servers with the following commands:<\/p>\n sudo apt-get install apache2 During the MySQL server install, you will be required to create\/verify an admin user password.<\/p>\n Now we’ll install the remaining dependencies. Back at the terminal window, issue the following command:<\/p>\n sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml php-gd unzip<\/p>\n We now must create a database for Subrion. From the terminal window, issue the command:<\/p>\n mysql -u root -p<\/p>\n Type the admin user password you created during the MySQL server installation. From the MySQL prompt, type the following commands:<\/p>\n CREATE DATABASE subrion; where PASSWORD is a unique, strong password.<\/p>\n Apache must be configured to know about Subrion, as well as have mod_rewrite, php7.0, and mpm_prefork enabled. The first thing to do is edit the default Apache .conf file to add the mod_rewrite options. Issue the command:<\/p>\n sudo nano \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/000-default.conf<\/p>\n In that file, add the following under the DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html<\/em> line:<\/p>\n <Directory \/var\/www\/html> Save and close that file.<\/p>\n Enable the modules with the commands:<\/p>\n sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork Restart Apache with the command:<\/p>\n sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/p>\n Now we’re going to download the source package, unpack it, and give it the necessary permissions. First change into the \/var\/www\/html<\/em> directory with the command:<\/p>\n cd \/var\/www\/html<\/p>\n Download the necessary file with the command:<\/p>\n sudo wget https:\/\/tools.subrion.org\/get\/latest.zip<\/p>\n Unzip the file with the command:<\/p>\n sudo unzip latest.zip<\/p>\n Set the necessary permissions with the following commands:<\/p>\n sudo chmod -R 777 tmp\/ modules includes\/ Open a browser and point it to http:\/\/SERVER_IP\/install<\/a> (where SERVER_IP is the IP address of the server hosting Subrion). This should land you on the pre-installation check, where everything should test out okay (Figure A).<\/p>\n Figure A<\/p>\n The Subrion pre-installation checks out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click Next to begin the installation. This process requires the following:<\/p>\n Figure B<\/p>\n The Subrion install configuration page.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once you’ve configured Subrion, click Next and you’ll find yourself on the final page (Figure C), where you can install plugins, or go directly to either the Admin panel or the Home page.<\/p>\n Figure C<\/p>\n The Subrion installation is complete.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The final step is to change the permissions of the Subrion configuration file so that it is unwritable and remove the install.php file. Do this with the commands:<\/p>\n sudo chmod u-w \/var\/www\/html\/includes\/config.inc.php At this point you can continue configuring Subrion to perfectly meet the needs of your business. Congratulations on successfully installing a powerful, flexible, open source Content Management System.<\/p>\n\n
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Update\/Upgrade<\/h2>\n
\nsudo apt-get upgrade<\/p>\nInstalling dependencies<\/h2>\n
\nsudo apt-get install mysql-server<\/p>\nCreate the database<\/h2>\n
\nGRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON subrion.* TO ‘subrionuser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘PASSWORD’ WITH GRANT OPTION;
\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\nEXIT;<\/p>\nConfigure Apache<\/h2>\n
\nOptions Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
\nAllowOverride All
\nRequire all granted
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\nsudo a2enmod php7.0<\/p>\nDownload the Installer Package<\/h2>\n
\nsudo chmod 777 backup\/ uploads\/<\/p>\nStart the web-based installer<\/h2>\n
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\nsudo rm \/var\/www\/html\/install\/modules\/module.install.php<\/p>\nAlso see<\/h2>\n
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