Bludit is a free and open-source flat-file content management system (CMS) that makes it easy to create and manage a website or blog. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Bludit on Rocky Linux.
Before we begin, make sure you have a working LAMP stack on your system. If not, you can refer to the Apache, MySQL, and PHP documentation for installation instructions.
- Download and Extract Bludit
To install Bludit, you will first need to download the latest version of the Bludit CMS from the Bludit website. Save the downloaded file to a directory on your system (e.g. /var/www/html
).
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to the same directory:
tar xzf bludit-3.17.0.tar.gz -C /var/www/html
This command extracts the Bludit files to the /var/www/html
directory.
- Create a MySQL Database
To store the data for your Bludit website, you will need to create a new MySQL database. To do this, log in to the MySQL command-line interface as the root user:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted. Once you are logged in, create a new database named bludit
:
CREATE DATABASE bludit;
Next, create a new MySQL user named bludit
and grant it access to the bludit
database:
CREATE USER 'bludit'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bludit.* TO 'bludit'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password
with a strong password for the bludit
user.
Once the database and user are created, exit the MySQL command-line interface.
- Configure Bludit
To configure Bludit, you will need to edit the config.php
file located in the /var/www/html/bludit
directory. Open this file in a text editor and update the following values:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'bludit');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_NAME', 'bludit');
define('BLUDIT_BASE_URL', '<http://bludit.example.com/>');
define('BLUDIT_DOMAIN_NAME', 'bludit.example.com');
Replace password
with the password you chose for the bludit
user in the previous step.
Save the config.php
file and exit the text editor.
These lines specify the base URL and domain name for your Bludit website. Replace http://bludit.example.com/
and bludit.example.com
with the actual URL and domain name of your Bludit website.
Once you have added these lines to the config.php
file, save it and exit the text editor.
- Configure Apache2
To serve the Bludit website from Apache2, you will need to create a new virtual host configuration file. This file should be located in the /etc/httpd/conf.d
directory, and should have a .conf
extension. For example, you could name the file bludit.conf
.
In the virtual host configuration file, add the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName bludit.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bludit
<Directory /var/www/html/bludit>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
These lines configure Apache2 to serve the Bludit website from the /var/www/html/bludit
directory, and allow the use of the .htaccess
file for overriding the default Apache2 settings.
Once you have created the virtual host configuration file, save it and restart Apache2 to apply the changes:
systemctl restart httpd
- Install Bludit
To install Bludit, open http://bludit.example.com
in a web browser and follow the on-screen instructions. The installation wizard will guide you through the process of setting up the Bludit website, including creating the first user account and configuring the site settings.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the Bludit administration panel by opening http://bludit.example.com/admin
in a web browser and entering the username and password you created during the installation.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Bludit on Rocky Linux. Bludit is a simple and lightweight CMS that allows you to quickly and easily create and manage a website or blog. By following the steps in this tutorial, you can easily install and configure Bludit on your own system and start creating your own website or blog.