Requirments:
- A web server like Apache or Nginx.
- A database like Mysql (MariaDB).
- PHP 5.5 or Higher.
We are going to Install Apache as our web server, MariaDB as our Database, PHP 7 & Create Db.
Install Apache
You can easily install Apache from the official repository with the command below:
# yum install httpdAfter installation lets execute the following commands: to start your Apache service and make it run at startup.
# systemctl start httpd
# systemctl enable httpdInstall MariaDB
MariaDB 5.5 is provided by the official RHEL repository and you can install it easily and it’s fine with Drupal (tested out) but it’s not the latest version if you want to install the latest version you need to add the official MariaDB repository first.
As told you can easily install it with the following command:
# yum install mariadb-server# systemctl start mariadb
# systemctl enable mariadbInstall MariaDB 10.2 (Latest)
At the time of the writing, 10.2 is the latest stable version of MariaDB.
For adding the MariaDB official repository create a file called “mariadb.repo” with the command below:
# nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repoAnd paste the following configuration in it, then save and exit:
# MariaDB 10.2 CentOS repository list - created 2017-09-23 08:48 UTC
# http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/
[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.2/centos7-amd64
gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck=1
Now you can install MariaDB 10.2 with the following command:
# yum install mariadb-serverAnd after the installation, don’t forget to start and enable the service:
# systemctl start mariadb
# systemctl enable mariadbInstall PHP 7
PHP 7 is not provided by the official repository, but you can install is from “Webtatic”.
For adding “Webtatic” repo you need to install “EPEL” first:
# yum install epel-releaseThen you can execute the following command to add the Webtatic repository as well:
# rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpmNow you can install PHP 7 and the needed extensions with the following command:
# yum install php70w php70w-curl php70w-gd php70w-pear php70w-mbstring php70w-xml php70w-phar php70w-json php70w-mysql php70w-opcacheCreating Database
First of all, we need to do some initial configuration for MariaDB.
Run the Mysql installer script with the following command:
# mysql_secure_installationSet a password for the “root” user and answer all other question with “y”
Login to root user with the following command:
# mysql -u root -pNow we can create our database with the command below (Make sure to replace the red parts with your preferred values):
# create database HS;
grant all privileges on HS.* to 'username'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
flush privileges;Download and install Drupal
Download the Drupal source from its official website in your document root:
# cd /var/www
wget https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-8.3.7.tar.gzExtract the file:
# tar xvzf drupal-8.3.7.tar.gzSwitch to Drupal source directory:
# cd drupal-8.3.7Move everything to the correct document root:
# mv ./* /var/www/htmlYou have to set “Apache” as the owner of the Drupal Files with the following command:
# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html
