Sitemagic is an open-source, flat-file content management system (CMS) with a slick design that allows you to create beautiful and captivating websites. It is fully extensible, and it’s super-fast even on small servers. It offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based CMS, like WordPress Joomla, or Drupal. For one, it doesn’t need a database server to function.  it’s a flat-file CMS. It also provides native markdown WYSIWYG support, SEO-friendly, flexible CSS framework, and easy installation and management. For more about Sitemagic, please check out its homepage. When you’re ready to get Sitemagic working, continue with the steps below:

Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the second most popular web server in use. so install it, since Sitemagic needs it. To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Nginx default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.

PHP 7.2-FPM may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories for some systems. if you need 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-FPM Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM 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 Nginx. 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 Nginx to reload PHP configurations. To restart Nginx, run the commands below

Download Sitemagic Latest Release

Next, visit the Sitemagic site and download the latest package. or run the commands below to download Sitemagic packages. After downloading, run the commands below to extract the downloaded file and move it into a new Sitemagicroot directory. Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Sitemagic to function properly.

Configure Nginx Sitemagic Site

Finally, configure the Nginx configuration file for Sitemagic. This file will control how users access Sitemagic content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called site magic 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. After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below

Enable the Sitemagic Site and Rewrite the Module

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Nginx server. Restart Nginx Next, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Sitemagic page. You have successfully installed Sitemagic CMS on Ubuntu. Login with username and password = admin Enjoy! You may also like the post below: