How to install Umbraco on POP! OS Latest?

Umbraco is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that is built on Microsoft .NET Framework. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Umbraco on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, you will need:

• A server running POP! OS Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges
• The latest version of Umbraco

Step 1: Install .NET Core Runtime

Umbraco is built on Microsoft .NET Framework, so we need to install the .NET Core runtime to run it on Linux. You can follow these commands to install the .NET Core runtime:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install wget apt-transport-https
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dotnet-runtime-3.1

After installing .NET Core runtime, you can confirm the installation by running this command:

dotnet --version

Step 2: Download and Extract Umbraco

The latest version of Umbraco can be downloaded from https://umbraco.com/ website. Once downloaded, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip Umbraco-CMS-x.x.x.zip

Step 3: Move Umbraco to /var/www/html folder

Once the Umbraco files are extracted, move the Umbraco directory to the Apache root directory /var/www/html using the following command:

sudo mv Umbraco-CMS-x.x.x /var/www/html/umbraco

Step 4: Grant Permissions

The Apache web server should be able to read and write Umbraco files. You can set the owner and group of the Umbraco directory to the Apache user and group using the following command:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/umbraco
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/umbraco

Step 5: Configure Apache

To serve Umbraco, we need to create an Apache virtual host configuration file. Create a new configuration file for Umbraco using the following command:

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

Add the following contents in the file:

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

Replace example.com with your domain name or IP address. Save and exit the file.

Enable the virtual host by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite umbraco.conf

Reload Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 6: Run Umbraco

Now, you can open your web browser and navigate to http://example.com/umbraco where example.com is your domain name or IP address.

You will be presented with the Umbraco installation wizard in your browser. Follow the wizard to create the administrator account and set up your website.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we discussed how to install Umbraco on POP! OS Latest. Before you finish, make sure that your website is secure and we recommend that you keep Umbraco up-to-date with the latest version.