Elefant is a refreshingly simple open-source content management (CMS) that provides a modern interface and allows anyone to create and manage their website or blog content. Elefant takes the best WYSIWYG editor in the world and makes it better through deep integration with your content. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, Elefant CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its minimalist and modern user and admin interface. For more on Elefant CMS, please visit its home page

How to install Elefant CMS on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support

As described above, Elefant is a refreshingly simple open-source content management (CMS) that provides a modern interface and allows anyone to create and manage their website or blog content. Below is how to install it on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support.

Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the second most popular web server in use. so install it, since Elefant CMS needs it. To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Nginx default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.

Install MariaDB Database Server

MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with Magento. To install MariaDB run the commands below. After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the MariaDB service to always start up when the server boots. Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Run these on Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access. When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter Set root password? [Y/n]: Y New password: Enter password Re-enter new password: Repeat password Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

Restart MariaDB server To test if MariaDB is installed, type the commands below to logon to the MariaDB server Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message

PHP 7.2-FPM may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. to install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories. Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Nginx. Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is great setting to apply in your environments. After making the change above, save the file and close. After installing PHP and related modules, all you have to do is restart Nginx to reload PHP configurations. To restart Nginx, run the commands below

Create Elefant Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for Elefant CMS to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank Elefant database. To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below. Then create a database called elefant Create a database user called elefantuser with a new password Then grant the user full access to the database. Finally, save your changes and exit.

Download and Install Elefant CMS

Run the commands below to download Elefant CMS’s latest content. then unzip the download file and move the content to the Nginx default root directory. Next, run the commands below to change the root folder permissions.

Configure Nginx Elefant CMS Site

Finally, configure the Nginx configuration file for Elefant CMS. This file will control how users access Elefant CMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called elefant Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location. Save the file and exit. After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below

Enable the Elefant CMS Site

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Nginx server. Next, open your browser and go to the URL. and continue with the installation. You should see the Elefant installation wizard page. select the installation language and continue. Next, type the database connection info you created above and continue. Then create an admin account with a password and save. After that, Elefant should be installed and ready to use. To login to the backend, type the URL below: Enjoy~