Bitnami Joomla stack contains a package of applications or components to create a complete platform to run the Joomla application. It is a one-click installation for Joomla.
Through this article, we are going to discuss the steps required to install Bitnami Joomla on CentOS using the Bitnami Joomla Stack installer.
Download Bitnami Joomla Stack for CentOS
Step 1. Go to the Bitnami website, and download Bitnami Joomla Stack; suitable for your Operating System. For the CentOS system, I have selected the “Win / Mac / Linux” environment and downloaded the “bitnami-joomla-3.9.18-0-linux-x64-installer.run” installer.
Install Bitnami Joomla
Step 2. Open the Terminal window. By using the below command from the shell prompt; change the file access permission of the downloaded installer to allow the user to execute the installer;
[malin@localhost]$ chmod a+x bitnami-joomla-3.9.18-0-linux-x64-installer.run
Step 3. We must have to run this installer in root / administrative mode; otherwise, we will see below core dump error;
Floating point exception (core dumped)
Step 4. So, run this installer using root user privileges, by using su command;
[malin@localhost]$ su Password:
Step 5. During the installation, the installer will prompt the user to take inputs; based on the given inputs, the installer will install the required components to run Joomla on CentOS. Here are the steps shown during the installation;
[root@localhost]# ./bitnami-joomla-3.9.18-0-linux-x64-installer.run Language Selection Please select the installation language [1] English - English [2] Spanish - Español [3] Brazilian Portuguese - Português Brasileiro [4] Simplified Chinese - 简体中文 [5] Hebrew - עברית [6] German - Deutsch [7] Romanian - Română [8] Russian - Русский Please choose an option [1] : 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Bitnami Joomla! Stack Setup Wizard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select the components you want to install; clear the components you do not want to install. Click Next when you are ready to continue. Joomla! : Y (Cannot be edited) Sample data for Joomla (English) [Y/n] :Y PhpMyAdmin [Y/n] :Y Is the selection above correct? [Y/n]: Y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation folder Please, choose a folder to install Bitnami Joomla! Stack Select a folder [/opt/joomla-3.9.18-0]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Create Admin account Bitnami Joomla! Stack admin user creation Your real name [User Name]: malin Email Address [user@example.com]: malin@********.com Login [user]: malin Password : Please confirm your password : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joomla! Please configure Joomla! installation Site name [malin's Site!]: Sample Website Do you want to configure mail support? [y/N]: N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup is now ready to begin installing Bitnami Joomla! Stack on your computer. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: Y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please wait while Setup installs Bitnami Joomla! Stack on your computer. Installing 0% ______________ 50% ______________ 100% ######################################### ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup has finished installing Bitnami Joomla! Stack on your computer. Launch Bitnami Joomla! Stack [Y/n]: Y [root@localhost]#
Verify Bitnami Joomla installation
Step 6. Once the installation is done, open the web browser and type localhost in the Address. You will see the Bitnami Stack page; from where you can access installed Applications.
From this page, we can access Joomla & other installed components.
Note: If you are not seeing this page means; the necessary services are not started. Go to the next step to start the services.
Step 7. Bitnami Stack installs useful control scripts; to manage the necessary services to run the Joomla application. We can find the scripts in the location where we install Joomla. In our case, it was installed in the path, /opt/joomla-3.9.18-0/, and the control script name is ctlscript.sh. It takes arguments; start, status, and restart to manage the services.
From the above step, if you do not see a Bitnami Joomla Stack page, after the installation; you need to type the below command to start the services.
[root@localhost]# /opt/joomla-3.9.18-0/ctlscript.sh start
/opt/joomla-3.9.18-0/mysql/scripts/ctl.sh : mysql started at port 3306
Syntax OK
/opt/joomla-3.9.18-0/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd started at port 80
[root@localhost malin]#Step 8. If the installation is successful; you will be able to access the Joomla site; by clicking on the “About Joomla site!” link or by entering the URL http://localhost/joomla, in the web browser.
By using the Bitnami Joomla Stack installer, we can easily install Joomla on the Server, Cloud, Containers, Virtual Machines, or even on our local computer.
Enjoy the reading and do not forget to give your feedback, in the Comments section.
// Malin