Installing Plone On Ubuntu 7.10 GNU/Linux OS
31 October 2007Plone is an open source Content Management System(CMS) built on top of Zope Application server. In this article we’ll see how to install it in the newly released Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
Using Plone one can develop powerful and aesthetically appealing websites. Another appealing feature is that Plone and the underlying Zope server are driven by Python.
Here is the step-by-step procedure to install Plone:
- Type the following in the terminal
#sudo apt-get install plone-siteDepending upon the packages currently installed, it will take some time to download new packages and complete the installation. As I had not installed many applications beforehand, the installation required additional 175MB to be downloaded.
- You need to enter username for configuring Zope. By default the username chosen will be “admin”. Press OK to proceed.
- You will be asked to enter password. Choose a password which you don’t forget later and then press OK.
- You will be asked to re-enter the password. Re-enter and then press OK.
- You will be asked to enter the HTTP Port. By default 8081 will be chosen. Press OK to continue.
- You will be asked if you would like to retain data upon purging the data files of Zope. Leave the default selection as Yes and press Enter
- At this point Zope will be installed.
Adding a Plone Site
- Browse to the URL http://localhost:8081/manage
- You’ll be asked to enter the username and password. Enter them. These are the ones you configured during installation.
- The main screen will be shown as follows:
- From the right listbox select Plone Site and then press the Add button.
- In the page that appears, fill the textboxes and press the button Add Plone Site.
- It’ll take some time and then the Plone site will be created.
Finally, you can access your Plone portal at http://localhost:8081/plone.
Start rolling out your cool websites with Plone.
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