In this blog post we will show you how to install Bolt CMS on anUbuntu VPSwith Nginx and MariaDB.Boltis a lightweight CMS, written in PHP and it’s built upon the Silex framework. This should work on otherLinux VPSsystems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu.

Update the system and install necessary packages.

root@vps:~# apt-get -y update && apt-get -y upgraderoot@vps:~# apt-get install python-software-properties curl git

Install MariaDB and create a database.

root@vps:~#apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943dbroot@vps:~# add-apt-repository 'deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/10.0/ubuntu trusty main'root@vps:~# apt-get -y updateroot@vps:~# echo -e "Package: */nPin: origin ftp.osuosl.org/nPin-Priority: 1000" | tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mariadbroot@vps:~# apt-get install mariadb-serverroot@vps:~# mysql -uroot -pMariaDB [(none)]> create database bolt;MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bolt.* TO 'bolt'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'boltPassword'MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;MariaDB [(none)]> /q;

Install PHP and Nginx

apt-get install nginx php5-fpm php-cli php5-mysql php5-mcrypt php5-curl php5-sqlite

Install Composer

root@vps:~# curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | phproot@vps:~# mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Create a root directory for your web site and clone the git repository from github

root@vps:~# mkdir -p /var/www/yourwebsite.com/{public_html,logs}root@vps:~# git clone https://github.com/bolt/bolt.git /var/www/yourwebsite.com/public_htmlroot@vps:~# cd /var/www/yourwebsite.com/public_htmlroot@vps:~# composer install

Configure the database

root@vps:~# cp app/config/config.yml.dist app/config/config.yml

Change the database settings in app/config/config.yml

database:driver: mysqlusername: boltpassword: boltPassworddatabasename: bolt

Nginx configuration.

Create a new Nginx server block with the following content

root@vps:~# cat <<'EOF' > /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourwebsite.comserver {	server_name yourwebsite.com;	listen 80;	root /var/www/yourwebsite.com/public_html;	access_log /var/www/yourwebsite.com/logs/access.log;	error_log /var/www/yourwebsite.com/logs/error.log;	index index.php; 	location / {	try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;	} 	location ~* /thumbs/(.*)$ {	try_files $uri $uri/ /app/classes/timthumb.php?$query_string;	} 	location /app/classes/upload {	try_files $uri $uri/ /app/classes/upload/index.php?$query_string;	} 	location ~* /.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png|ttf|woff)$ {	access_log off;	expires 30d;	add_header Pragma public;	add_header Cache-Control "public, mustrevalidate, proxy-revalidate";	} 	location ~ /.php$ {	fastcgi_index index.php;	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+/.php)(.*)$;	fastcgi_keep_conn on;	include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;	fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;	} 	location ~ //.ht {	deny all;	} 	location /app {	deny all;	} 	location ~ /vendor {	deny all;	} 	location ~ /.db$ {	deny all;	}}EOF

Symlink it and restart the server

root@vps:~# ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourwebsite.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yourwebsite.comroot@vps:~# /etc/init.d/nginx restart

Set the correct permissions

root@vps:~# chown -R www-data: /var/www/yourwebsite.com/public_html/

That’s it. Now open your browser, type the address of your website and create the first user.

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