Server Setup & Installation Instructions - aheath05/pythoncms.com GitHub Wiki

#Setting up a linux server and installing the PythonCMS

Software used - Software will be assumed already install, this is just what this documentation worked off of.

• Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.3.20 for Windows hosts
• Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop (64-bit)

Server Setup

• You want to make sure you have a LAMP server installed.

  • Press CTRL+ALT+T to open the command line.
  • Make sure tasksel is installed / install taskel then run it.

  sudo apt-get install tasksel
  sudo tasksel

  • Select the LAMP server (Use the arrow keys to scroll up and down, the space bar to select). Hit enter once selected and follow any instructions.

• Enable mod_rewrite and cgi

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod cgi
sudo service apache2 restart

• Setup apache to direct to your website

  • Navigate to /etc/apache2/sites-available then copy the default conf to one for the new website and open it up.

  sudo cp 000-default.conf 001-name of website directory.conf
  sudo nano 001-name of website directory.conf

  *Change the contents to resemble the following

  DocumentRoot /var/www/website directory
  ServerName domain.extension
  ServerAlias www.domain.extension
  <Directory /var/www/website directory>
          Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
          AddHandler cgi-script .py
          AllowOverride All
          Order allow,deny
          Allow from all
  </Directory>
  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/name of website directory.error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/name of website directory.access.log combined
  

  • Save the file, CTRL+X > Y > Enter to save
  • Enable the website

  sudo a2ensite 001-name of website directory.conf
  sudo service apache2 restart

  • Navigate to /etc then open up the hosts file

  sudo nano hosts

  • Add the address of your website and domain

  ip address	domain.extension
  ```
  
  * `CTRL+X > Y > Enter` to save
  
  

• Install the PythonCMS

  • Move the PythonCMS.zip file to /var/www/

  sudo mv PythonCMS.zip /var/www

  • Unzip the package

  sudo unzip PythonCMS.zip

  • Rename the PythonCMS folder to the same name used for the DocumentRoot in the 001-name of website directory.conf.
  • Make sure permission are correct

  sudo chmod -R a+x name of directory

  • Test the CMS out by navigating to the domain name in your browser. If you are confident it works you may delete the PythonCMS.zip file and continue to create your website using the PythonCMS tool.

Enjoy!