How-to-install-and-configure-Drupal-8.0.2-in-CentOS-6.7/Fedora21/Ubuntu-12.04,14.04

Introduction

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1. To install Drupal-8.0.2 we need create a database :-

CREATE DATABASE drupal8;
CREATE USER drupal8@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'drupal8';
GRANT ALL ON drupal8.* TO drupal8@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

2. After that we need to download the latest drupal-8.0.2 :-

wget https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-8.0.2.tar.gz

3. Now extract and copy the content to drupal8 directory :-

tar -xvf drupal-8.0.2.tar.gz
mkdir /var/www/html/drupal8
cp -av drupal-8.0.2/. /var/www/html/drupal8/

4. After that change the ownership and permission :-

For CentOS/Fedora21

cd /var/www/html/
chown -R apache:apache drupal8
chmod -R 755 drupal8

For Ubuntu-12.04/14.04

cd /var/www/html/
chown -R www-data:www-data drupal8
chmod -R 755 drupal8

Restart the web service and enable rewrite mode :-

service httpd restart
service apache2 restart

Enabling rewrite mode in Ubuntu :-

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart

Enabling rewrite mode in CentOS/Fedora :-

# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Change as per given below

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride All

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    Require all granted
</Directory>

5. You need to install php-opcache for installation to proceed :-

yum install php-opcache.x86_64
service httpd restart

sudo php5enmod opcache
sudo service apache2 restart

6. Open the browser for GUI installation :-

http://localhost/drupal8

5.1 Select the Language :- English

5.2 Select the profile as per your scenario :-

5.3 Enter the database details which we created earlier :-

5.4 Configuration of Site will appear insert the details :-

Click on "Save and Continue"

For Admin Login with the credential given above during installation:-

That's it now you can enjoy using Drupal-8.0.2 the latest version of Drupal till the time of writing this article.

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