Fuel CMS is a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows you to easily create and manage web content. In this article, we will explain how to install Fuel CMS on Rocky Linux 8.

Before we begin, it’s important to note that this tutorial assumes that you already have a Rocky Linux 8 system up and running, and that you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges.

Install the php-gd and php-mbstring packages

Fuel CMS requires the php-gd and php-mbstring packages in order to run. To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo yum install php-gd php-mbstring

Download and extract the Fuel CMS files

Next, you need to download the Fuel CMS files and extract them to the desired location on your system. The easiest way to do this is to use the wget utility to download the Fuel CMS archive, and the tar utility to extract it.

First, use wget to download the Fuel CMS archive:

wget <https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/archive/1.8.3.tar.gz>

Replace 1.8.3 with the latest version of Fuel CMS.

Next, use the tar utility to extract the Fuel CMS files:

tar xvf 1.8.3.tar.gz

This will extract the Fuel CMS files to the FUEL-CMS-1.8.3 directory.

Configure the httpd service

Now that the Fuel CMS files are in place, the next step is to configure the httpd service to serve the Fuel CMS website. To do this, you need to create a virtual host configuration file for the Fuel CMS website.

First, create a new file called fuel-cms.conf in the /etc/httpd/conf.d directory:

sudo touch /etc/httpd/conf.d/fuel-cms.conf

Next, open the fuel-cms.conf file in a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/fuel-cms.conf

And add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName fuel-cms.local
    DocumentRoot /path/to/FUEL-CMS-1.8.3/public

    <Directory /path/to/FUEL-CMS-1.8.3/public>
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/fuel-cms-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/fuel-cms-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace /path/to/FUEL-CMS-1.8.3/public with the actual path to the public directory of the Fuel CMS installation.

Once you have added the virtual host configuration, save the file and close the text editor.

Configure the hosts file

To access the Fuel CMS website, you need to configure your hosts file to point the fuel-cms.local domain to your local system. To do this, open the /etc/hosts file in a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

And add the following line to the end of the file:

127.0.0.1 fuel-cms.local

This will map the fuel-cms.local domain to the local IP address (127.0.0.1) on your system. Save the file and close the text editor.

Start the httpd service

Now that the httpd service is configured and the hosts file is updated, you can start the httpd service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start httpd

This will start the httpd service and make the Fuel CMS website available at the http://fuel-cms.local URL.

Complete the Fuel CMS installation

To complete the Fuel CMS installation, open a web browser and navigate to the http://fuel-cms.local URL. This will open the Fuel CMS installation wizard, which will guide you through the process of setting up the database and configuring the Fuel CMS website.

Follow the instructions in the installation wizard to complete the Fuel CMS installation. Once the installation is complete, you will be able to log in to the Fuel CMS admin panel and start managing your web content.

In conclusion, installing Fuel CMS on Rocky Linux 8 is a straightforward process that involves downloading and extracting the Fuel CMS files, configuring the httpd service, and completing the installation wizard. By following the steps outlined in this article, you can easily set up Fuel CMS on your Rocky Linux 8 system and start managing your web content.