Joomla Installation

This guide will explain how to get up and running with Joomla on LiteSpeed Web Server.

The easiest way to install PHP for LiteSpeed is through our CentOS repository. If the LiteSpeed Repository was not installed and enabled during the web server installation, follow this guide to install and enable the LiteSpeed Repository.

You can install some of the most commonly-used PHP 7.1 packages and modules for LiteSpeed. Use the following command:

sudo yum install lsphp71 lsphp71-mysqlnd lsphp71-common lsphp71-gd lsphp71-pdo lsphp71-process lsphp71-mbstring lsphp71-mcrypt lsphp71-opcache lsphp71-bcmath lsphp71-xml lsphp71-soap lsphp71-json -y 

Visit http://your_server_IP:7080. Navigate to Server Configuration > External app, then click the second icon Edit on the right hand side in order to edit this application.
Modify:

• Name: lsphp → lsphp71
• Command: $SERVER_ROOT/fcgi-bin/lsphp5 → $SERVER_ROOT/lsphp71/bin/lsphp

When you are finished, click the Save icon to save your changes, then click the Graceful Restart button.

Visit http://your_server_IP/phpinfo.php and make sure PHP Version shows 7.1.x.

Install MariaDB:

sudo yum install mariadb-server
sudo systemctl start mariadb

Set new password:

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Enter $yourpassword

Create the Joomla database and your Joomla user/password:

 mysql -u root -p$yourmysqlpassword
 create database joomla; grant all privileges on joomla.* to joomla@localhost identified by 'joomla'; exit;

Note: For security purposes, you should use a Joomla username and password that are different than our example.

An index file needs to be set in LiteSpeed Web Admin Console. Navigate to Virtual Hosts > Select Virtual Host from List > General > Index Files, click Edit in the top right corner, and enter index.html,index.php in the Index Files box.

To illustrate setting up Joomla on a vhost we'll use the default virtual host, “Example”. You can download Joomla from their official download page.

Please note that the document root of 'Example' virtual host is /usr/local/lsws/Example/http/

unzip Joomla_x.x.x-Stable-Full_Package.zip

Open the browser with the URL http://server_IP:8088/

This will start the Joomla web installer and it will look something like this:

On this page the installer asks some general questions about the site. You can fill them in as required. An example configuration is given below:

• Site Name: Litespeedtech
• Description: Installation Demo
• Email: example@example.com
• Username: litespeedtech
• Password: litespeedtech

Once done, click Next.

We've already created the database above. Just enter details and click Next.

This is the last step before the Joomla installer starts the installation process. Usually in this window you don't need to do anything. The installer will verify that all server-side requirements are met, and if you have correctly followed the guide, then it should not give you any errors. Click Install.

Once the installation is successful you can remove the installation folder.

You cannot use the Joomla installation until the installation folder is removed. You can also remove it from the command line using:

rm -rf installation

Now if you visit http://server_IP:8088/, you will see the Joomla home page. The administration area can be found at http://server_IP:8088/administrator