Linux Tech Tips

About Joomla Joomla is a free and open source content management that uses a PHP and a backend database, such as MySQL. It offers a wide variety of features that make it an incredibly flexible content management system right out of the box. It was created in 2005 and is currently the 2nd most popular content management site online. It now has over 10,000 addons to customize its functionality. Setup The steps in this tutorial require the user to have root privileges on their linux server. You can see how to set that up in steps 3 and 4 of   the Initial Server Setup Before working with Joomla, you need to have LAMP installed on your linux server. If you don't have the Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP stack on your linux server, you can find the tutorial for setting it up here:   How to Install LAMP on Ubuntu .   Once you have the user and required software, you can start installing Joomla! Step One—Download Joomla To start, create a directo...

About LAMP LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Since the linux server is already running Ubuntu, the linux part is taken care of. Here is how to install the rest. Set Up The steps in this tutorial require the user to have root privileges on your linux server. You can see how to set that up in the   Initial Server Setup   in steps 3 and 4.   Step One—Install Apache Apache is a free open source software which runs over 50% of the world’s web servers. To install apache, open terminal and type in these commands: # sudo apt-get update # sudo apt-get install apache2 That’s it. To check if Apache is installed, direct your browser to your server’s IP address (eg. http://12.34.56.789). The page should display the words “It works!" How to Find your Server’s IP address You can run the following command to reveal your server’s IP address. # ifconfig...