RHEL8: Install Joomla
Install PHP with this guide RHEL8: Install php 7.4 then activate PHP Modules
sudo dnf install php-curl php-xml php-zip php-mysqlnd php-intl php-gd php-json php-ldap php-mbstring php-opcache
Create Joomla Database and remote user through mariadb: Create database and User
Install some prereqs
sudo dnf install wget
sudo dnf install unzip
Download joomla
sudo wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-16/Joomla_3-9-16-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
Unzip to www path
sudo unzip Joomla_3-9-16-Stable-Full_Package.zip -d /var/www/domain.se/html
Set permisions and ownership
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/domain.se/html
sudo chmod 755 /var/www/domain.se/html
Use following settings in virtual host file for site, Note this will force SSL
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName domain.se
Redirect / https://domain.se
DocumentRoot "/var/www/domain.se/html"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/domain.se/html"
ServerName domain.se
ErrorLog "/var/www/domain.se/log/error.log"
CustomLog "/var/www/domain.se/log/requests.log" combined
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
<Directory "/var/www/domain.se/html">
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Then browse https://domain.se and follow installation guide.
Then Force HTTPS for entire site in Global Configuration
To activate URL Rewriteing activate it under Site A SEO Settings and save following .htaccess
##
# @package Joomla
# @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2020 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
# @license GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
##
##
# READ THIS COMPLETELY IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS FILE!
#
# The line 'Options +FollowSymLinks' may cause problems with some server configurations.
# It is required for the use of Apache mod_rewrite, but it may have already been set by
# your server administrator in a way that disallows changing it in this .htaccess file.
# If using it causes your site to produce an error, comment it out (add # to the
# beginning of the line), reload your site in your browser and test your sef urls. If
# they work, then it has been set by your server administrator and you do not need to
# set it here.
##
## No directory listings
<IfModule mod_autoindex.c>
IndexIgnore *
</IfModule>
## Suppress mime type detection in browsers for unknown types
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
</IfModule>
## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above.
Options +FollowSymlinks
Options -Indexes
## Disable inline JavaScript when directly opening SVG files or embedding them with the object-tag
<FilesMatch "\.svg$">
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set Content-Security-Policy "script-src 'none'"
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
## Mod_rewrite in use.
RewriteEngine On
## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
# If you experience problems on your site then comment out the operations listed
# below by adding a # to the beginning of the line.
# This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` on Joomla!
#
# Block any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
# Block any script that includes a <script> tag in URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Return 403 Forbidden header and show the content of the root home page
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]
#
## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
## Begin - Custom redirects
#
# If you need to redirect some pages, or set a canonical non-www to
# www redirect (or vice versa), place that code here. Ensure those
# redirects use the correct RewriteRule syntax and the [R=301,L] flags.
#
## End - Custom redirects
##
# Uncomment the following line if your webserver's URL
# is not directly related to physical file paths.
# Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root).
##
# RewriteBase /
## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section.
#
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
#
# If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
# has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the index.php script
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
#
## End - Joomla! core SEF Section.
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