Dotclear is a very simple blog engine which has been built on top of PHP. In this tutorial, we will install Dotclear on Ubuntu 16.04.
Prerequisites
- RCS VPS with LAMP stack on Ubuntu 16.04
Log into your server with an SSH client.
With most LAMP stacks, website files are stored in the directory /var/www/html/. Navigate to that folder and remove the placeholder files contained within it.
cd /var/www/html/
rm -rf index.php logo.png
Database setup
To create a database, we need to log in to MySQL. You can do that with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Then, we need to create the database and create a user for it (replace <your_password> with your own password):
CREATE DATABASE dotclear;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dotclear.* TO dotclearuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<your_password>';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\q
Installing Dotclear
We will use the simple installer provided by Dotclear.
Make sure you are still in the /var/www/html/ folder. If not, run cd /var/www/html/.
Download the loader script.
wget https://download.dotclear.org/loader/dotclear-loader.php
Ensure that our Apache user owns the folder.
chown www-data:www-data ./
Open up your web browser and navigate to http://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/dotclear-loader.php. You will be presented with the installer page. Follow the on-screen instructions.
On the second screen, it will ask you for the database details. Use the following details:
Database type: MySQLi
Database Host Name: localhost
Database Name: dotclear
Database User Name: dotclearuser
Database Password: <your_password>
Lastly, the installer will ask you for some personal information. I assume you don't need help with that - it's pretty standard. Now your blog will be up and running, enjoy!
