How to Install Drupal on NixOS Latest

Drupal is a free and open-source Content Management System (CMS) that helps to create and manage websites of any size. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Drupal on the latest version of NixOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A NixOS latest system
• sudo access or root privileges

Step 1: Install Apache Web Server

The first step is to install the Apache web server, which will be used as the web server for your Drupal website. Run the following command in your NixOS terminal:

sudo nix-env -i apacheHttpServer

Step 2: Install PHP

Next, we need to install PHP, which is the programming language that Drupal is written in. Run the following command in your NixOS terminal:

sudo nix-env -i php

Step 3: Install MariaDB Server

Drupal requires a database to store its content and settings. We will install MariaDB Server as our database server.

Run the following command in your NixOS terminal:

sudo nix-env -i mariadb

Step 4: Create a Database for Drupal

Now, we need to create a database for Drupal. Log in to MariaDB server by running the following command in your NixOS terminal:

sudo mysql -u root

Once you are logged in, run the following SQL command to create a new database for Drupal:

CREATE DATABASE drupaldb;

Step 5: Install Drupal

The next step is to install Drupal itself. Download the latest version of Drupal by running the following command in your NixOS terminal:

sudo nix-env -i drupal

Step 6: Configure Drupal

Now, we need to configure Drupal to use the MariaDB database that we created earlier.

Navigate to the Drupal installation directory by running the following command:

cd /var/www/drupal

Then, copy the default settings file to a new file named settings.php:

cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php

Edit the settings.php file and modify the database settings as follows:

$databases = array(
   'default' => array(
     'database' => 'drupaldb',
     'username' => 'root',
     'password' => '',
     'host' => 'localhost',
     'port' => '3306',
     'driver' => 'mysql',
     'prefix' => '',
   ),
 );

Step 7: Set Proper Permissions

For Drupal to work correctly, we need to set proper permissions for the Drupal files.

Run the following command to set the ownership of the Drupal files to the Apache web server user:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/drupal

Step 8: Start Apache and MariaDB

Before we can access Drupal using a web browser, we need to start Apache and MariaDB servers.

Run the following commands to start Apache and MariaDB servers:

sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb

Step 9: Access Drupal

Finally, we are ready to access Drupal using a web browser.

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/drupal. You should see the Drupal installation page.

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

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Drupal on the Latest version of NixOS.