Installing Drupal on Ubuntu 20.04

Drupal is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to easily create and manage websites. It provides a flexible platform for building websites, blogs, e-commerce stores, and more. Drupal offers a wide range of modules and themes, which can be customized to suit your specific needs.

Here's how you can install Drupal on Ubuntu 20.04:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

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

sudo mysql
CREATE DATABASE drupaldb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupaldb.* TO 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

sudo apt install wget
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.x.x.tar.gz (replace x.x.x with the latest version)
sudo tar -xzvf drupal-x.x.x.tar.gz
sudo mv drupal-x.x.x/* .
sudo mv drupal-x.x.x/.htaccess .
sudo cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
sudo chown www-data:www-data -R .
sudo chmod 775 -R .

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

Add the following lines to the file:

Alias /drupal /var/www/html

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

Save and close the file, then enable the site:

sudo a2ensite drupal.conf

Finally, restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Visit your server's IP address or domain name in a web browser and follow the Drupal installation wizard:

http://your_server_ip/drupal

Choose the language, set up the database, configure site details, and create an administrator account.

1. Update System Packages:
2. Install LAMP Stack:
3. Create a MySQL Database and User:
4. Download and Install Drupal:
5. Configure Apache for Drupal:
6. Complete Drupal Installation:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Drupal on Ubuntu 20.04. You can now start building your website using the Drupal CMS.