In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install and configure Joomla on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
Joomla is one of the most popular open source content management systems that powers hundreds of thousands of websites. It is written in PHP and packs a ton of features that can be extended with free and premium extensions and themes. With Joomla, you can easily build your eCommerce store, personal website or blog.
Install Joomla on Ubuntu
Step 1. First, before you start installing any package on your Ubuntu server, we always recommend making sure that all system packages are updated.
1 2 | sudoaptupdate sudoaptupgrade |
Step 2. Install LAMP Stack.
Joomla is build with PHP. You can host it like you would any other web app written in PHP. So, you’re going to need to set Ubuntu up as either a LAMP server. If you haven’t done so already, use our traditional LAMP guide to set up Ubuntu to serve PHP before you continue.
Step 2. Creating MySQL database for Joomla.
Joomla uses MySQL database to store all its data like posts, pages, users, plugins and themes settings. Log in to your MySQL server with the following command and enter your MySQL root password:
1 | mysql-uroot-p |
Once you’re in the MySQL console, create a new database:
1 2 3 4 | CREATEDATABASEjoomla; GRANTALLPRIVILEGESONjoomla.*TO'admin_user'@'localhost'IDENTIFIEDBY'Your_Strong_Password'; FLUSHPRIVILEGES; exit; |
Step 3. Install Joomla on Ubuntu 18.04.
Before downloading the Joomla archive, first create a directory that will hold the Joomla files and navigate to it:
1 2 | sudomkdir-p/var/www/example.com cd/var/www/example.com |
Next, download the current release of Joomla from the Joomla downloads page using the following wget command:
1 2 | sudowgethttps://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-4/Joomla_3-9-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip sudounzipJoomla_3-9-4-Stable-Full_Package.zip |
Set the directory permissions accordingly:
1 | sudochown-Rwww-data:/var/www/example.com |
Step 4. Configuring Apache for Joomla.
Create a new virtual host configuration file for your Joomla website, named your-domain.com.conf:
1 | nano/etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.com.conf |
And add the following content to the file:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdminadmin@your-domain.com DocumentRoot/var/www/example.com ServerNameyour-domain.com ServerAliaswww.your-domain.com ErrorLog${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.logcombined <Directory/var/www/example.com/> OptionsFollowSymlinks AllowOverrideAll Requireallgranted </Directory> </VirtualHost> |
To enable the virtual host we have just created, run the following command:
1 | ln-s/etc/apache2/sites-available/your-domain.com.conf/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/your-domain.com.conf |
For the new configuration to take effect, restart the Apache service by typing:
1 | sudosystemctlrestartapache2 |
Step 5. Completing the Joomla Installation.
In the last step of this guide, we need to access the Joomla Web Interface and finish the installation. To finish the installation, open your browser and navigate to:
1 | http://your_domain.com/ |
That’s all you need to do to install Joomla CMS on Ubuntu 18.04. I hope you find this quick tip helpful. If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.
