Installing Microweber on Debian Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Microweber on Debian latest. Microweber is an open source and intuitive Content management system (CMS) that can be used for creating and managing modern websites, online stores, and blogs.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• A Debian latest server or VPS with a user account with sudo or root privileges.
• A web server (Apache or Nginx) installed on your server.
• PHP 7.2 or higher installed on your server.
• MySQL 5.5/MariaDB 10.0 or higher installed on your server.

Installing Required Packages

Before we start installing Microweber CMS, we will first ensure we have all of the required packages installed. To install the packages necessary to run Microweber CMS, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install unzip php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-zip

Downloading and Extracting Microweber

After installing the required packages, we will download and extract Microweber into our desired directory on the server. Change to the /var/www/ directory by running:

cd /var/www/

Once there, download and extract the latest version of Microweber by running:

sudo wget https://microweber.com/download_start
sudo chmod +x download_start
sudo ./download_start

The above command will download and extract Microweber into the current directory.

Configuring Microweber

Before starting configuration of Microweber, you need to create a MySQL Database and User. You can create a MySQL Database and User with the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Once logged in to the MySQL console, create a new database and user by running:

CREATE DATABASE microweber;
CREATE USER 'microweberuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON microweber.* TO 'microweberuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

After creating the database and user, navigate into the extracted Microweber directory and copy the .env.sample file with the name .env.

Once you've made a copy of .env.sample with the name .env, open the .env file with your favorite text editor and enter your MySQL database details:

DB_HOST=localhost 
DB_DATABASE=microweber
DB_USERNAME=microweberuser
DB_PASSWORD=password

After entering your MySQL database details, create an Apache or Nginx virtual host file for Microweber. For example, create a new Apache virtual host file named microweber.conf in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory by running the command:

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

Then, paste the following Apache virtual host configuration into the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/microweber
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    <Directory /var/www/microweber>
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
       AllowOverride All
       Order allow,deny
       allow from all
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/microweber_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/microweber_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

After adding this configuration, save and close the file.

Enabling and Starting Apache

Now you need to enable the virtual host configuration and restart Apache by running:

sudo a2ensite microweber.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Opening the Microweber Installer

You can now enter your domain name or server IP address into your web browser to open Microweber installer, for example, http://example.com/.

Follow the prompts on the installer to complete the installation. Make sure to choose your preferred language, enter your emails address and your Microweber admin password.

Then, click the Install button to complete the installation process.

Voila! You have now successfully installed Microweber CMS on Debian latest. Now start building your website and enjoy using Microweber!