Students and new users looking for help installing the latest version of Grav CMS (1.5) from GitHub using Composer with Apache2 and PHP 7.2 support, the steps below should be a great place to start. When you use Composer to install Grav packages, you can easily upgrade from the command line with Composer, which is much simpler. Grav also has a built-in tool that allows webmasters to upgrade easily. but it must be configured first which may be intimidating for new users and students. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install/upgrade Grav from the GitHub repository via Composer with Apache2 and PHP 7.2 support on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 LTS servers. To get started with installing Grav, 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 Grav 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.

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 a great setting to apply in your environment. After making the change above, save the file and close it. After installing PHP and related modules, all you have to do is 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 Grav Latest Release

To get Grav’s latest release you may want to use the GitHub repository. Install Composer, Curl and other dependencies to get started. After installing curl and Composer above, change into the Apache2 root directory and download Grav packages from Github. Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Grav to function.

Configure Apache2

Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for Grav. This file will control how users access Grav content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called grav.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 Grav 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. You should see the Grav setup wizard complete. Please follow the wizard carefully. Congratulations. you’ve just successfully installed Grav CMS. To install the Grav admin module, run the commands below. Now to access the admin portal, go to: In the future when you want to upgrade to a new simply run the commands below to upgrade. That’s it! You may also like the post below: