Cool Solution - Install Drupal

Version 4.1

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Prepare your Drupal installation

To install Drupal, you will require a running web-server and a database server, in this article we will work with Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL.

 ucr set repository/online/unmaintained='yes'
 univention-install apache2 php5 php5-mysql mysql-client mysql-server

Create a database and a database user

If the installation was succesfully we'll need to create a database via mysql. run the following command to connect to the mysql shell.

 mysql -u root -p$(cat /etc/mysql.secret)

Enter your mysql root password and run the following series of commands on the MySQL terminal to create new a ‘drupal‘ user and database.

 CREATE USER '<some_username>'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<your_password_here>';
 create database '<some_database_name>';
 GRANT ALL ON '<your_database_name>'.* TO '<your_username>'@localhost;
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 exit

Download Drupal

Now you can download drupal with the following command (replace x.x with the version of drupal you want):

Hint: Check https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal for the latest update.

 wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.41.tar.gz

Extract the file and take it away to /var/www/

 tar -xf drupal-7.41.tar.gz
 mkdir -p /var/www/drupal
 cp -R drupal-7.41/* /var/www/drupal

To avoid error messages later on, run the following commands:

 apt-get install php5-gd
 service apache2 restart
 mkdir -p /var/www/drupal/sites/default/files
 chmod 777 /var/www/drupal/sites/default/files
 cp -R /var/www/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php /var/www/drupal/sites/default/settings.php
 chmod 777 /var/www/drupal/sites/default/settings.php

Install Drupal via web browser

Now you can open your browser and go to one of the following links:

 http://<your_domain>/drupal

OR

 http://<your_ip_address>/drupal

The next step is up to you. Install drupal as you wish.

In the Database configuration, enter the database name <your_database_name>, the username <your_username> and the password you’ve set.

After installation finishes, don’t forget to change the permissions of configuration files to avoid security risks if any:

 chmod -R 755 /var/www/drupal/sites/default/
 chmod 777 /var/www/drupal/sites/default/files

That’s it! Your installation is ready to use.

Further links

Drupal installation - http://www.tecmint.com/install-drupal-in-ubuntu-debian/