How to install SilverStripe on Alpine Linux

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install SilverStripe on Alpine Linux.

Step 1: Requirements

Before we start with the installation, make sure that the following requirements are met:

A running instance of Alpine Linux with root privileges
Latest version of SilverStripe downloaded from https://www.silverstripe.org

Step 2: Install prerequisites

To install and run SilverStripe, we need to have some prerequisites installed on our Alpine Linux system. These prerequisites include:

PHP
Apache web server
MySQL database

We can install these prerequisites by running the following commands:

apk update
apk add php php-apache2 mysql mysql-client

Step 3: Setup MySQL

Next, we need to setup MySQL database. We can do this by running the following commands:

mysql_install_db --user=mysql
/etc/init.d/mariadb start

Step 4: Configure Apache

To configure Apache web server, we need to open the configuration file located at /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and add the following lines to it:

LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

Step 5: Install SilverStripe

Once we have completed the prerequisites and configured Apache, we can proceed with installing SilverStripe. We can do this by following these steps:

Copy the downloaded SilverStripe package to the directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs.
Extract the package using the following command:
```
tar -xzf silverstripe.tar.gz
```
Rename the extracted folder with the name of your choice (for example, silverstripe).
Update the config.php file located at /var/www/localhost/htdocs/silverstripe/ with your MySQL database details.

Step 6: Verify installation

To verify that SilverStripe is installed correctly, open your browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://<your_ip_address>/silverstripe/

If everything is setup correctly, you should see the SilverStripe installation page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained how to install SilverStripe on Alpine Linux. With these steps, you should be able to successfully install and run SilverStripe on your Alpine Linux system.