Install Joomla on Rocky Linux

This article will take you through how to install Joomla on Rocky Linux. Joomla is a content management system (CMS) used to create websites such as discussion forums, photo galleries, e-Commerce and user communities. It is made by a group of volunteers with the aid of the administrative, financial, and legal resources of Open Source Matters, Inc.

How to Install Joomla on Rocky Linux

In this example, we will use the LAMP stack.

Update your packages.

sudo dnf -y update

Install Apache Web Server on Rocky Linux

Install Apache web server.

sudo dnf -y install httpd

Start Apache server.

sudo systemctl start httpd

Enable Apache server to start on boot.

sudo systemctl enable httpd

Allow HTTP and HTTPS on your firewall using the following command.

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service={http,https} --permanent

Restart the firewall.

sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Install PHP 8 on Rocky Linux

Start by adding a PHP repository to your system.

sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm

Reset the PHP module using the command below.

sudo dnf module -y reset php

Install PHP using the following command.

sudo dnf module install php:remi-8.0 -y

Install PHP extensions.

sudo dnf install -y php-cli php-devel php-gd php-pear php-fpm php-zip php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-bcmath php-json  php-curl php-xml php-mysqlnd

Restart the Apache server.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Install MariaDB Database Server on Rocky Linux

Install MariaDB.

sudo dnf install mariadb mariadb-server -y

Start MariaDB.

sudo systemctl start mariadb

Enable MariaDB to start on boot on your system.

sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Secure MariaDB.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Sample output

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
      SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE!  PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user.  If you've just installed MariaDB, and
you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): 
OK, successfully used password, moving on...

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB
root user without the proper authorisation.

Set root password? [Y/n] y
New password: 
Re-enter new password: 
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
 ... Success!


By default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MariaDB without having to have a user account created for
them.  This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother.  You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'.  This
ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!

By default, MariaDB comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can
access.  This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
 - Dropping test database...
 ... Success!
 - Removing privileges on test database...
 ... Success!

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!

Cleaning up...

All done!  If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB
installation should now be secure.

Thanks for using MariaDB!

Create Joomla Database on Rocky Linux

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a Joomla database.

CREATE DATABASE Joomla_db;

Create database user and password.

CREATE USER 'joomla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Joomla_password';

Give all privileges to the created user.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Joomla_db.* TO 'joomla_user'@'localhost';

Flush privileges.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit MariaDB.

exit;

Sample output

Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 17
Server version: 10.3.32-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE Joomla_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'joomla_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Joomla_password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Joomla_db.* TO 'joomla_user'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.005 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit;
Bye

Install Joomla on Rocky Linux

Get the download link from the Joomla download page and download it.

wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-1-5/Joomla_4-1-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip

Create a Joomla directory inside /var/www/html/.

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/joomla

Unzip Joomla to the directory created above.

sudo unzip Joomla_4-1-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip -d /var/www/html/joomla

Give the required permission to the Apache server.

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/joomla

sudo chmod 755  /var/www/html/joomla

Joomla Apache virtual host configuration

Start by creating Apache virtual host configuration file.

sudo nano nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/joomla.conf

Paste the configuration settings below. Note, change www.your-server.com with your actual domain.

   ServerAdmin [email protected]
   DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/joomla"
   ServerName www.your-server.com            
   ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/example.com-error_log"
   CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/example.com-access_log" combined


   DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
   Options FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
   Require all granted

Save(ctrl+s) and exit(ctrl+x) the file.

Put SELinux in permissive mode if you don’t use it.

sudo setenforce 0

You can also disable it permanently using the following command.

sudo sed -i 's/^SELINUX=.*/SELINUX=disabled/g' /etc/selinux/config

Check its status.

sudo sestatus

Restart Apache web server.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Access Joomla Web Interface on Rocky Linux

To access Joomla, enter your server IP or domain name e.g. https://localhost/joomla or https://127.0.0.1/joomla on your browser. Select your language and site name.