Installing Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04

Drupal is a free and open-source content management framework written in PHP. It is highly customizable and widely used for developing websites and web applications. Drupal offers a flexible and scalable platform to create, organize, manage, and publish content.

Installing Drupal

Follow the steps below to install Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE drupal;
CREATE USER 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON drupal.* TO 'drupaluser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz
sudo tar -xvzf tar.gz
sudo mv drupal-* drupal

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/drupal
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/drupal

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/drupal.conf

Add the following content to the file:

    ServerName your_domain
    ServerAlias www.your_domain
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/drupal/
    
        Options FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/drupal_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/drupal_access.log combined

sudo a2ensite drupal.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Open your domain in a web browser. You will see the Drupal installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Provide the database details and set up an admin account.

sudo rm /var/www/html/tar.gz

Remove the installation file to clean up the system.

1. Update System Packages:
2. Install LAMP Stack:
3. Create a MySQL Database and User:
4. Download and Extract Drupal:
5. Set Permissions:
6. Configure Apache:
7. Complete the Drupal Installation:
8. Clean Up:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04.