Directus on EndeavourOS

Installing Directus on EndeavourOS Latest

Directus is a headless CMS and API solution that provides a straightforward way to manage the content of your database. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Directus on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you need the following:

EndeavourOS Latest installed and running.
Basic knowledge of command-line interface and package management.

Step 1: Update the system

The first step is to make sure that your system is up to date. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install LAMP Stack

For Directus to run, it requires a LAMP stack installed on your system. To install LAMP stack, you can run the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache

After installation, start the Apache and MariaDB service and enable them to start at boot time by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start httpd mariadb
sudo systemctl enable httpd mariadb

Step 3: Download and install Directus

The next step is to download Directus. You can download the latest version of Directus from the official website. Alternatively, you can run the following command to download and install the latest Directus version:

curl -SL https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/download/v9.0.0-rc.104/directus.zip | sudo tar -xzC /srv/http

Step 4: Configure MariaDB

The next step is to set up the MariaDB database for Directus. You can do this by running the following command to log in to the MariaDB shell:

sudo mariadb

After entering the shell, you need to create a database for Directus:

CREATE DATABASE directus;

Next, you need to create a user account and grant it privileges to access the database:

GRANT ALL ON directus.* TO 'mysql_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mysql_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Note: Replace mysql_user and mysql_password with your preferred account name and password.

Step 5: Configure PHP

For Directus to work correctly, you need to make some changes to the PHP configuration file. You can do this by editing the file /etc/php/php.ini. Uncomment the following lines by removing the semicolon:

extension=pdo_mysql
extension=mysqli

Step 6: Configure Apache

To configure Apache for Directus, you need to edit the Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf by adding the following lines at the bottom of the file:

<Directory "/srv/http/directus">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

After making the changes, save the file and restart the Apache service:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 7: Access Directus

Directus is now installed and configured. You can access it by navigating to http://localhost/directus in your web browser. You will be prompted to set up your Directus account, after which you can start creating your database schema and managing your content.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Directus on EndeavourOS Latest.