Plone is a very powerful and flexible, Open Source content management system built in Python. With Plone, you can easily create any kind of a website, like blogs, webshops, internal websites etc. Plone is one of the most popular WordPress alternatives, and it’s used by thousands worldwide. In this article, we will show you how to install Plone on a CentOS VPS. The installation itself is simple and straightforward and can be done in a few minutes. So you can easily test Plone and decide for yourself with firsthand experience if you want to use Plone or not.
Requirements:
- 2 GB or more RAM per Plone site
- 40 GB or more hard disk space
- A CentOS virtual server
Before we proceed with the installation, we need to make sure that ‘gcc’, ‘gcc-c++’, ‘make’, ‘tar’, ‘bzip2’ and ‘gzip’ are installed on your server:
# yum -y install gcc gcc-c++ make tar bzip2 gzip
Plone Installation Instructions
Next, go to Plone’s official website and download the latest unified installer for Linux
# wget https://launchpad.net/plone/5.0/5.0.6/+download/Plone-5.0.6-UnifiedInstaller-r1.tgz
and uncompress the downloaded tar ball
tar zxvf Plone-5.0.6-UnifiedInstaller-r1.tgz
Change the working directory to the newly extracted one, run the installation and watch the progress messages:
# cd Plone-5.0.6-UnifiedInstaller-r1 # ./install.sh standalone
Follow the easy installation steps and prompts. At the end of the installation make note of the account information. The ‘admin’ password can be found in the ‘adminPassword.txt’ in the Plone’s installation directory too. With this step, the installation of Plone is done.
Plone can be started/stopped by executing the following command:
# /usr/local/Plone/zinstance/bin/plonectl start/stop
By default, Plone is listening on port 8080. The port can be changed in the ‘.installed.cfg’ file located in the ‘/usr/local/Plone/zinstance’ directory.
To access and configure Plone, open http://yourdomain.tld:8080 using your favorite web browser and follow the instructions on the main page.
If you need more help or have any questions, feel free to browse the Official Plone Docs. They are very detailed and can help you with just about any issue you’re having with your Plone.
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