Installing Contao on Elementary OS Latest

Contao is a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage websites with ease. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Contao on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, we need to make sure that our system meets the following requirements:

  • Elementary OS Latest installed on your machine
  • Apache web server installed and running
  • PHP version 7.2 or higher installed
  • MySQL/MariaDB installed and running

Step 1 – Downloading Contao

First, we need to download the latest version of Contao from the official website. You can download the latest version of Contao from the following link:

https://contao.org/en/download.html

Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to a folder of your choice.

Step 2 – Configuring Apache

Before we proceed with the installation process, we need to configure the Apache web server to serve Contao. For this purpose, we need to create a virtual host configuration file for Contao.

  1. Open the terminal on your Elementary OS Latest system.

  2. Navigate to the Apache configuration directory by running the following command:

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
  1. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Contao by running the following command:
sudo nano contao.conf
  1. Add the following configuration to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName contao.local
    DocumentRoot /path/to/contao/folder

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/contao-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/contao-access.log combined

    <Directory /path/to/contao/folder>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace /path/to/contao/folder with the actual path to the Contao folder on your system.

  1. Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, then Y, and then ENTER.

  2. Enable the new virtual host configuration by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite contao.conf
  1. Restart the Apache web server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 3 – Installing Contao

  1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://contao.local/ (replace contao.local with the domain name you configured in the virtual host configuration file).

  2. Click on the Install Contao button on the home page.

  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

  4. After the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the Contao login page.

  5. Log in with the username and password you created during the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Contao on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now start creating and managing websites with Contao.