How to Install Fork CMS in Ubuntu Server 22.04

Fork is an open-source content management system for beginners and professionals. It is designed to create a user-friendly environment to build, monitor, and update your website. It was primarily launched as a CMS that provides extra modules like blogs, pages, and users. Its powerful apps and themes help you customize your website as required. It has a user-friendly user interface helps users create websites quickly and easily.

This video will show you how to install Fork CMS with Apache on Ubuntu 22.04.

Commands Used
apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server -y
apt install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y

apt-get install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-xml php7.4-cli php7.4-zip php7.4-common php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-curl php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-mysql php7.4-gd wget unzip -y

nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
systemctl restart apache2
mysql_secure_installation
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE forkdb;
CREATE USER ‘forkuser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON forkdb.* TO ‘forkuser’@’localhost’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php — –install-dir=/usr/local/bin –filename=composer

cd /var/www/html/
composer create-project forkcms/forkcms
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/forkcms
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/forkcms
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/forkcms.conf

VirtualHost *:80
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/forkcms
ServerName forkcms.example.com

Directory /var/www/html/forkcms/
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
/Directory

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

/VirtualHost

a2ensite forkcms.conf
a2enmod rewrite
systemctl restart apache2
systemctl status apache2

Useful Links
VPS/VDS – https://www.mivocloud.com/
Fork – https://www.fork-cms.com/