Fuel CMS is an open-source content management system for premium-grade websites and blogs. It is built on CodeIgniter, a popular PHP web framework for advanced web development. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, Fuel CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful admin dashboard. If you currently running your website and content on other CMS like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla you may want to give Fuel CMS a try. It’s a great alternative to those PHP-based content management systems. For more on Fuel CMS, please visit its home page When you’re ready to get Fuel CMS working on Ubuntu, please continue with the steps below:

Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. so install it, since Fuel CMS needs it. To install Apache2 HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Apache2 setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Apache2 default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Apache2 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 into the MariaDB server Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message

PHP 7.1 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 7.1 Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.1 Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. After installing PHP 7.1, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Apache2. 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 Apache2 to reload PHP configurations. To restart Apache2, run the commands below To test PHP 7.1 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in the Apache2 root directory by running the commands below Then type the content below and save the file. Save the file. then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php You should see the PHP default test page.

Create Fuel CMS Database

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

Download and Install Fuel CMS

Run the commands below to download Fuel CMS’s latest (1.4.2) content. then unzip the download file and move the content to the Apache2 default root directory. Next, run the commands below to change the root folder permissions.

Configure Apache2 Fuel CMS Site

Finally, configure the Apache2 configuration file for Fuel CMS. This file will control how users access Fuel CMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called fuel cms.conf 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 Fuel CMS Site

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Apache2 server. Next, open your browser and go to the URL. and continue with the installation. When you browse to the server hostname, you should see 4 steps to getting Fuel CMS configured. start with Step 2. Continue with the setup instructions below to complete the installation. For step 2, run the commands below to import the fuel_schema.sql into the newly created database above. sudo mysql -u fueluser -p fuelcms < /var/www/html/fuelcms/fuel/install/fuel_schema.sql Next, go to Step 4 and complete the below setup. In the fuel/application/config/config.php, change the $config[‘encryption_key’] to your unique key. You can use the OpenSSL tool to generate a random key. Run the commands below to generate a random key using the OpenSSL tool. Copy the value into the line below.  you can replace the number 20 with any. Next, enable the admin login by changing the line below to True Run the commands below to open the file. Then make the below change. and save. Save your changes. To access the FUEL admin, go to: http://example.com/fuel User name: admin Password: admin (you can and should change this password and admin user information after logging in) Enjoy! You may also like the post below: