Joomla

On this site, you find a guide to install Joomla on CloudPanel.

Creating a Joomla Site

Via CloudPanel

1. Click on + Add Site and then click on Create a PHP Site.

2. Select the Application Joomla 4, enter Domain Name, Site User, Site User Password, and click on Create.

Via CloudPanel CLI

If you like the command line, you can create a Joomla Site with the following command as root user.

clpctl site:add:php --domainName=www.domain.com --phpVersion=8.0 --vhostTemplate='Joomla 4' --siteUser='john-doe' --siteUserPassword='!secretPassword!'

Creating a Joomla Project

1. Log in via SSH with the Site User:

ssh john-doe@server-ip-address

2. Go to the tmp directory:

cd ~/tmp

3. Download and extract the latest Joomla 4 version.

mkdir ~/tmp/joomla && curl -sL https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-3-1/Joomla_4-3-1-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz | tar xfz - -C ~/tmp/joomla/

4. Copy files to the root directory of your site:

cp -R ~/tmp/joomla/* ~/htdocs/www.domain.com/

5. Clean up the tmp directory.

rm -rf ~/tmp/*

6. Create a Database, open your site in the browser, and go through the Joomla Installer.

7. Done! Joomla is now installed.