Introduction
Joomla is a free and open source content management system that uses PHP and a backend database, such as MySQL.
In this guide, we will install Joomla on Ubuntu 24.04.
Starting from the system updates and installing the LAMP Server
To perform a system update/upgrade, use:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
To install LAMP Server, use:
apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-dev php-bcmath php-intl php-soap php-zip php-curl php-mbstring php-mysql php-gd php-xml unzip -y
Installing the Apache service:
systemctl start apache2
systemctl enable apache2
Create a Database
We need to create a database and a Joomla user.
Start by connecting to the MySQL shell:
mysql
Creating a database and a user for Joomla:
CREATE DATABASE joomla;
CREATE USER 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant all the privileges on the Joomla database.
mysql> GRANT ALL ON joomla.* TO 'joomla'@'localhost';
Now we need to flush the privileges and exit from the MySQL shell:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Install Joomla
Visit the Joomla website and download the latest version with the wget command:
wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla5/5-3-0/Joomla_5-3-0-Stable-Full_Package.zip
When downloading is completed, unzip the downloaded file to the Apache web root directory:
unzip Joomla_5-3-0-Stable-Full_Package.zip -d /var/www/html/joomla
As well, we need to change the ownership and permissions for the Joomla directory:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/joomla/
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/joomla/
Configure Apache for Joomla
We need to create the Apache virtual host configuration file for Joomla:
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/joomla.conf
And add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName joomla.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/joomla
<Directory /var/www/html/joomla/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Note: Do not forget to change the server's admin email address, domain, and other settings to yours.
Then, activate the Joomla virtual host:
a2ensite joomla.conf
Restart the Apache service:
systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and access Joomla using the URL of your domain name.