Setting Up Joomla on Your VPS

Overview

Joomla is a powerful and flexible content management system(CMS) ideal for building websites and online applications. This guide will demonstratehow to install Joomla on your Virtual Private Server (VPS), allowing you totake advantage of its extensive features for website development andmanagement.

Prerequisites

• A VPS account with HSJ.HOST.
• SSH access to your server.
• A LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack installed on your VPS.
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line.

Procedure

1. Access Your VPS via SSH

• Open a terminal on your computer.
• Use the command ssh user@your_vps_ip to connect to your VPS, replacing user with your username and your_vps_ip with your VPS's IP address.
     
     

2. Update Your Server's Package List

• Ensure your server's package list is up to date by running sudo apt update.
• Consider upgrading your installed packages with sudo apt upgrade for the latest versions.
     
     

3. Create a MySQL Database and User for Joomla

• Access MySQL as the root user: sudo mysql -u root -p.
• Create a database for Joomla:
     
     

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CREATE DATABASE joomla_db;

• Create a new user and grant privileges on the database:
     
     

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CREATE USER 'joomla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY'a_secure_password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla_db.* TO'joomla_user'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;

4. Download and Install Joomla

• Navigate to the web root directory: cd /var/www/html.
• Download the latest Joomla installation package:
     
     

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wgethttps://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-27/Joomla_3-9-27-Stable-Full_Package.zip

• Install unzip if not already installed: sudo apt install unzip.
• Unzip the Joomla package: unzip Joomla_3-9-27-Stable-Full_Package.zip.
• Change the ownership of the Joomla files to the web server user:
     
     

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sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

5. Configure Apache for Joomla

• Create an Apache virtual host file for your Joomla site:

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sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/joomla.conf

• Insert the following configuration, adjusting ServerAdmin, DocumentRoot, and ServerName as necessary:

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<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhostDocumentRoot /var/www/html ServerName your_domain.com ErrorLog${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined</VirtualHost>

• Enable the new site and rewrite module:

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sudo a2ensite joomla.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudosystemctl restart apache2

6. Complete the Joomla Installation via Web Interface

• Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_vps_ip or http://your_domain.com if you have set up a domain name.
• Follow the Joomla installation steps on the web interface, using the database information created earlier.
     
     

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Joomla on yourVPS. With Joomla now ready, you can start building your website, exploring theextensive extensions library, and customising your site to suit your needs.Joomla offers a wide range of features suitable for both beginners andexperienced web developers.