Quick.CMS is a free and (paid version) content management system (CMS) designed to be flexible and user-friendly that you’ll want to use to build your websites and blogs for yourself or customers. It is lightweight, responsive, HTML 5 compatible, and easy to install and manage and will help you simplify the process of building and maintaining a website for businesses or individuals. If you’re looking for a content management platform that is extensible and easy to use, then look no further than Quick CMS. Quick.CMS also has built-in modules that extend its functionality, and the platform is actively being developed and maintained with support from users and developers as well. For more about Quick.CMS, please check its homepage To get started with installing Quick.CMS, follow the steps below:

Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. so install it since Quick.CMS needs it. To install Apache2 HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Apache2 setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Apache2 default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Apache2 is working as expected.

Install MariaDB Database Server

Quick.CMS also needs a database server to store its content. and MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with Quick.CMS. To install MariaDB run the commands below. After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the MariaDB service always to start up when the server boots. Run these on Ubuntu After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access. When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter Set root password? [Y/n]: Y New password: Enter password Re-enter new password: Repeat password Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

Restart MariaDB server To test if MariaDB is installed, type the commands below to logon into the MariaDB server Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message

PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. to install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories. Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2 Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2 Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Apache2. Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is great setting to apply in your environments. After making the change above, save the file and close.

Create Quick.CMS Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, create a Quick.CMS database. Run the commands below to log on to MariaDB. When prompted for a password, type the root password you created above. Then create a database called quickcms Create a database user called quickcmsuser with a new password Then grant the user full access to the quickcms database. Finally, save your changes and exit. After installing PHP and related modules, you must restart Apache2 to reload PHP configurations. To restart Apache2, run the commands below To test PHP 7.2 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in the Apache2 root directory by running the commands below Then type the content below and save the file. Save the file. then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php You should see the PHP default test page.

Download Quick.CMS Latest Release

To download and install Quick.CMS, visit its download page here. Or use the commands below to download and install via the command line. At the time of this writing, the latest version is 6.6. After that, run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Quick.CMS to function.

Configure Apache2

Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for Quick.CMS. This file will control how users access Quick.CMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called quickcms. conf Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location. Save the file and exit.

Enable the Quick.CMS and Rewrite Module

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name and the home page should display immediately without any configurations. To login to the admin panel, use the link below: Type in any username and password you’d like to use. It will accept anything. but then change after logging on to a permanent one. The system has minimal configuration options from the admin panel side. You probably wouldn’t want your customers to mess up settings, then call you in the middle of the night, that the website crashed:) And now seriously. A lot of configuration options can be found in three files in the database directory, which are divided by their functions:

database/config.php – here you can find configuration variables, and settings which will affect presentation of the website both client-side and in the admin panel database/config_admin.php – the file is available since version v6.6. It contains admin panel settings including advanced options hiding, initial settings of fields in a form, etc. database/config_en.php – settings for English language (en). The smallest configuration file from which the settings are loaded depending on language version used client-side or in the panel. For German version the config_de.php file is loaded, for the English one it’s config_en.php, it.

Start building your site Conclusion: You have learned how to install Quick.CMS on Ubuntu with Apache2 HTTP server. If you find any errors above, please leave a comment below Thanks, You may also like the post below: