Say No To Milk, But Yes To Rails

I’m going to cut right to the chase:

• SilverStripe is a Content Management System
• Feisty is the latest version of Ubuntu Linux

To setup SilverStripe:

1. Server install of Ubuntu.
   • There is a specific server install disc you can download from Ubuntu, check out their site for more information.
   • Select LAMP install during installation.
2. Add universe and multiverse repositories
   • Run

     sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

   • Replace the contents with the following:

     deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse
     deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse
     deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
     deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
     deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse
     deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse

   • Run:

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install php5-gd

3. Configure Apache:
   • Run

     sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/ss

     • Place the following into this file:

       NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80
       <VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80>
         ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.tld
       
         DocumentRoot /path/to/silverstripe
         <Directory />
                 Options FollowSymLinks
                 AllowOverride None
         </Directory>
         <Directory /path/to/silverstripe>
                 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                 AllowOverride All
                 Order allow,deny
                 allow from all
         </Directory>
       
         ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
       
         # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
         # alert, emerg.
         LogLevel warn
       
         CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
         ServerSignature On
       
       </VirtualHost>

     • Replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address of the server
     • Replace /path/to/silverstripe with the directory you plan on having your silverstripe database in.
     • Replace wemaster@domain.tld with the webmaster’s email address.
   • Run

     sudo a2enmod mod_rewrite

   • Run

     sudo a2ensite ss

   • Run

     sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.conf

     • Place the following into this file:

       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
         RewriteEngine On
       </IfModule>

4. Download Silverstripe and extract it into what you set in the ss file. An example to be modified:

   wget http://www.silverstripe.com/assets/downloads/PHPInstaller/silverstripe-v2.0.1.tar.gz
   tar zxvf silverstripe-v2.0.1.tar.gz
   mv silverstripe-v2.0 /path/to/silverstripe

5. Configure mySQL (change passwords as necessary):

   mysqladmin -uroot password
   <Type in new mysql root user's password>
   mysql -uroot -p
   <Type in mysql root user's password>
   create database silverstripe;
   grant all on silverstripe.* to 'ss_user'@'localhost' identified by 'ss_user_password';
   exit;

6. Restart apache:

   sudo /etc/init.d/apache restart

The silverstripe installation instructions should take over from here. This is what I setup for my environment, except I included mine in version control. I won’t delve into this subject as it is entirely too broad. Maybe next week.

Also, the Options directive in the Directory directive for /path/to/silverstripe may need to include less options for security, but I haven’t tested it.

Updated 4/20/07 to include mySQL setup and newest version (2.0.1).