How to Install Pimcore CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ?

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You will learn how to install Pimcore CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 in this article (Bionic Beaver).

LEMP Server should be installed.
Pimcore CMS is a web-based content management system written in PHP which uses MariaDB as its database. As a result, you’ll need to set up Nginx, PHP, and MariaDB on your PC.

To begin, run the following command to install Nginx and MariaDB:

sudo apt-get install nginx mariadb-server -y

Once the installation is complete, use the following command to start the Nginx and MariaDB services and enable them to start at boot time:

sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql

After that, you must install the most recent versions of PHP and PHP-FPM on your system. 
In Ubuntu 18.04, the most recent version of PHP is not installed by default. 
As a result, you'll need to add a repository. Using the following command, you may add the PHP repository:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Once the repository is installed, update the repository and install PHP, PHP-FPM and other required libraries using the following command:

sudo apt-get install php7.1-0 php7.1-fpm php7.1-common php7.1-mbstring php7.1-cli php7.1-zip php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-soap php7.1-gd php7.1-xml php7.1-intl php7.1-mysql -y


Once you've installed all of the packages, you'll need to make some adjustments to the php.ini file. You can use the following command to accomplish this:

sudo nano /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini

Make the following modifications:

file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 200M
max_execution_time = 300
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0
date.timezone = Asia/Kolkata

When you're finished, save and close the file.

Configure MariaDB

The next step is to secure MariaDB. Run the following command to accomplish this:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Answer the following questions in the following order:


Enter current password for root (enter for none):
Set root password? [Y/n]: N
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

mysql -u root -p

Create a database and user for Pimcore after providing your root password:

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MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE pimcoredb;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'pimcoreuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Then, with the following command, grant all privileges to the Pimcore database:

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON pimcoredb.* TO 'pimcoreuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Then, using the following command, flush the privileges:

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Finally, use the following command to quit the MariaDB shell:

MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT

Install Pimcore

After that, you must download the most recent version of Pimcore on your computer. You can get it from their official website by using the command:

wget https://www.pimcore.org/download/pimcore-latest.zip

When the download is finished, use the following command to unzip the downloaded file in the Nginx web root directory:

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/pimcore
sudo unzip pimcore-latest.zip -d /var/www/html/pimcore

Next, use the following command to assign correct rights to the pimcore directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pimcore/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pimcore/

Configure Nginx for Pimcore

The next step is to build a Pimcore CMS virtual host file in Nginx. Use the following command to achieve this:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/pimcore

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    root /var/www/html/pimcore;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    server_name  example.com www.example.com;
  
    client_max_body_size 100M;

    location / {
    try_files $uri /app.php$is_args$args;        
    }

    location ~ ^/app\.php(/|$) {
         include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
         fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock;
         fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
         send_timeout 1800;
         fastcgi_read_timeout 1800;
         include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

When you’re finished, save and close the file.

Next, use the following command to enable the Nginx virtual host file:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/pimcore /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, use the following command to restart Nginx and PHP7.1-FPM:

sudo systemctl restart nginx
sudo /etc/init.d/php7.1-fpm restart

Access Pimcore CMS

So now Pimcore has been installed and configured, you may visit the Pimcore web interface.

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