{"id":25585,"date":"2018-04-27T02:41:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T07:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=25585"},"modified":"2022-07-26T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:24:09","slug":"how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install Joomla 3 on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\"how to install joomla 3 on ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16.04-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> In this post we will explain how to install Joomla on Ubuntu 16.04, with MariaDB 10.2, PHP-FPM 7.1 and Nginx. Joomla is an open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content written in PHP. Joomla is one of the most popular CMSs and it is used all over the world to power millions of websites of all shapes and sizes. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu 16.04 VPS<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662d63478c0cd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662d63478c0cd\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Before-you-start\" title=\"Before you start\">Before you start<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Install-MariaDB-102\" title=\"Install MariaDB 10.2\">Install MariaDB 10.2<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Create-new-database\" title=\"Create new database\">Create new database<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Install-PHP-71\" title=\"Install PHP 7.1\">Install PHP 7.1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Install-Joomla\" title=\"Install Joomla\">Install Joomla<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-joomla-3-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Install-and-configure-Nginx\" title=\"Install and configure Nginx\">Install and configure Nginx<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before-you-start\"><\/span>Before you start<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>Update the system and install necessary packages<\/h4>\n<pre>sudo apt update &amp;&amp; sudo apt -y upgrade\r\nsudo apt install software-properties-common nano<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-MariaDB-102\"><\/span>Install MariaDB 10.2<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you already have MySQL or MariaDB installed you can skip this step and move to the next section. To add the MariaDB repository to your sources list and install the latest MariaDB server, run the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp:\/\/keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8\r\nsudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,i386,ppc64el] http:\/\/mirror.jaleco.com\/mariadb\/repo\/10.2\/ubuntu xenial main'\r\nsudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install -y mariadb-server<\/pre>\n<h4>Secure your installation<\/h4>\n<p>When the installation is complete, run the following command to secure your installation:<\/p>\n<pre>mysql_secure_installation<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create-new-database\"><\/span>Create new database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Create a new database and user for the Joomla installation using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>mysql -uroot -p<\/pre>\n<pre>MariaDB [(none)]&gt; CREATE DATABASE joomla;\r\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla.* TO 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';\r\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; q<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-PHP-71\"><\/span>Install PHP 7.1<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>PHP version 7.1 is not available in the default Ubuntu 16.04 repositories so we will use the Ondrej\u2019s PPA.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej\/php\r\nsudo apt update\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Once you enable the Ondrej\u2019s PPA you can proceed and install PHP 7.1 and all necessary PHP modules using the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install php7.1-fpm php7.1-cli php7.1-gd php7.1-opcache php7.1-mysql php7.1-json php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-xml php7.1-curl\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-Joomla\"><\/span>Install Joomla<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Installing Joomla is pretty easy and straightforward, first download the Joomla zip archive from the Joomla download page:<\/p>\n<pre>wget https:\/\/downloads.joomla.org\/us\/cms\/joomla3\/3-8-5\/Joomla_3-8-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip<\/pre>\n<p>Once the download is completed, unzip the archive and move the extracted files to the <code>\/var\/www\/my.joomla.site<\/code> directory, which will be the root directory of your new Joomla site:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/my.joomla.site\r\nsudo unzip Joomla_3-8-5-Stable-Full_Package.zip -d \/var\/www\/my.joomla.site\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Finally change the ownership of the <code>\/var\/www\/my.joomla.site<\/code> directory to the\u00a0<code>www-data<\/code>\u00a0user:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo chown -R www-data: \/var\/www\/my.joomla.site<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-and-configure-Nginx\"><\/span>Install and configure Nginx<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have Nginx installed on your server, you can install the latest stable version from the official Ubuntu repositories:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt -y install nginx<\/pre>\n<p>Next, create a new Nginx server block:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/my.joomla.site<\/pre>\n<pre>server {\r\n    listen 80;\r\n    server_name my.joomla.site;\r\n    root \/var\/www\/my.joomla.site;\r\n\r\n    index index.html index.htm index.php;\r\n\r\n    charset utf-8;\r\n\r\n    access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/my.joomla.site.access.log;\r\n    error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/my.joomla.site.error.log info;\r\n\r\n    location \/ {\r\n        try_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$args;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~* \/(images|cache|media|logs|tmp)\/.*.(php|pl|py|jsp|asp|sh|cgi)$ {\r\n        return 403;\r\n        error_page 403 \/403_error.html;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location = \/favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }\r\n    location = \/robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }\r\n\r\n    error_page 404 \/index.php;\r\n\r\n    location ~ .php$ {\r\n        fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php\/php7.1-fpm.sock;\r\n        fastcgi_index index.php;\r\n        include fastcgi_params;\r\n        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\r\n        include \/etc\/nginx\/fastcgi.conf;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ \/.(?!well-known).* {\r\n        deny all;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Activate the server block by creating a symbolic link:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/my.joomla.site \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/my.joomla.site<\/pre>\n<p>Test the Nginx configuration and restart nginx:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo nginx -t\r\nsudo service nginx restart<\/pre>\n<p>Open <code>http:\/\/my.joomla.site\/<\/code> in your favorite web browser and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Joomla installation. That\u2019s it. You have successfully installed Joomla on Ubuntu 16.04. For more information about how to manage your Joomla installation, please refer to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\">Joomla documentation.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course you don\u2019t have to install Joomla on Ubuntu 16.04, if you use one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\">our managed VPS hosting services<\/a>, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to setup this for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS<\/strong><\/span>. If you liked this post on how to install Joomla on Ubuntu 16.04, please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. 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