devilbox/docs/examples/setup-joomla.rst

Setup Joomla

This example will install Joomla from within the PHP container.

Official Joomla Documentation

Table of Contents

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Overview

The following configuration will be used:

Project name	VirtualHost directory	Database	TLD_SUFFIX	Project URL
my-joomla	/shared/httpd/my-joomla	n.a.	loc	http://my-joomla.loc

Walk through

It will be ready in six simple steps:

1. Enter the PHP container
2. Create a new VirtualHost directory
3. Download and extract Joomla
4. Symlink webroot directory
5. Setup DNS record
6. Visit http://my-joomla.loc in your browser

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1. Enter the PHP container

host> ./shell.sh

tutorial_work_inside_the_php_container

2. Create new vhost directory

devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ mkdir my-joomla

3. Download and extract Joomla

devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ cd my-joomla
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-joomla $ wget -O joomla.tar.gz https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-8-0/joomla_3-8-0-stable-full_package-tar-gz?format=gz
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ mkdir joomla
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ tar xvfz joomla.tar.gz -C joomla/

4. Symlink webroot

devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-joomla $ ln -s joomla/ htdocs

5. DNS record

If you do not have global_configuration_auto_dns configured, you will need to add the following line to your host operating systems /etc/hosts file (or C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc on Windows):

127.0.0.1 my-joomla.loc

For in-depth info about adding DNS records on Linux, Windows or MacOS see: project_configuration_dns_records or global_configuration_auto_dns.

6. Open your browser

Open your browser at http://my-joomla.loc