Whether you’re creating an eCommerce website for personal use or building a robust business online portal, Thelia can help you create and manage your content and products efficiently on every device with its minimalist and modern user and admin interface. If you currently using eCommerce platforms like Magento or PrestaShop and are not happy, you may want to give Thelia CMS a try. It’s a great alternative to those PHP-based content management systems. For more on Thelia CMS, please visit its home page When you’re ready to get Thelia 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 Thelia 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. sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client 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. sudo mysql_secure_installation 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 sudo mysql -u root -p Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message

PHP 7.2 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 Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2 sudo apt update Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip After installing PHP 7.2, 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 a great setting to apply in your environment. After making the change above, save the file and close it. 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 sudo systemctl restart apache2.service To test PHP 7.2 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in the Apache2 root directory by running the commands below sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php 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 Thelia Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for Thelia to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank Magento database. To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below. sudo mysql -u root -p Then create a database called thelia CREATE DATABASE thelia; Create a database user called theliauser with a new password CREATE USER ’theliauser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ’new_password_here’; Then grant the user full access to the database. GRANT ALL ON thelia.* TO ’theliauser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘user_password_here’ WITH GRANT OPTION; Finally, save your changes and exit.

Download and Install Thelia CMS

Run the commands below to download Thelia CMS’s latest 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 Thelia Site

Finally, configure the Apache2 configuration file for Thelia. This file will control how users access Thelia content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called their. conf sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/thelia.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 Thelia CMS Site and Rewrite Module

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. You should see the Thelia installation page. select the installation language and continue. Next, type the database connection info you created above and click Continue. Next, create an admin account to manage the portal and continue. After that, Thelia should be installed and ready to use. To login to the backend, type the URL below: Enjoy~ Don’t forget to delete the installation folder. sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/thelia/install You may also like the post below: