How to Install Plone on Fedora CoreOS

Plone is a free and open-source content management system that is designed to build websites, intranets, and other digital experiences. In this tutorial we will show you how to install Plone on Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

  • A server running Fedora CoreOS.
  • A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Install Docker

The first step is to install Docker on your Fedora CoreOS machine. Docker is a containerization platform that allows you to run applications in isolated environments.

  1. Update the package repository:
$ sudo dnf update
  1. Install Docker:
$ sudo dnf install -y docker
  1. Enable and start Docker:
$ sudo systemctl enable docker.service
$ sudo systemctl start docker.service
  1. Verify Docker is running:
$ sudo systemctl status docker.service

You should see something like this:

● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-04-19 09:10:05 UTC; 5min ago
...

Step 2 - Pull the Plone Docker Image

The next step is to pull the Plone Docker image from the Docker Hub repository.

  1. Pull the Plone Docker image:
$ sudo docker pull plone
  1. Verify the image has been pulled:
$ sudo docker images

You should see the Plone image listed:

REPOSITORY            TAG       IMAGE ID         CREATED          SIZE
plone                 latest    8c7837e05743     31 minutes ago   705MB

Step 3 - Run Plone

Now that you have the Plone Docker image, you can run it on your Fedora CoreOS machine.

  1. Create a new directory:
$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/plone
  1. Run the Plone container:
$ sudo docker run -d --name plone -p 8080:8080 -v /var/lib/plone:/data plone

This will start the Plone container and map port 8080 to the host system. The -v option is used to mount a volume so that the container can use the /var/lib/plone directory on the host system to store data.

  1. Verify the container is running:
$ sudo docker ps

You should see the Plone container listed:

CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                    NAMES
8e8c0f94765b        plone               "docker-entrypoint.s…"   6 seconds ago       Up 5 seconds        0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp   plone

Step 4 - Access Plone

Plone is now running on your Fedora CoreOS machine. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to:

http://<your-server-ip>:8080

You should see the Plone welcome page. You can now start building your website or digital experience with Plone.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Plone on Fedora CoreOS by using Docker. Plone is a powerful content management system that can be used to build websites, intranets, and other digital experiences.