How to build a Joomla basic management platform on an ECS instance-Elastic Compute Service(ECS)-阿里云帮助中心

This tutorial describes how to build a Joomla basic management platform using a Marketplace image.

Background

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. You can use it to build and manage various types of websites, including enterprise websites, news portals, and e-commerce websites.

This tutorial shows you how to use the Marketplace image JOOMLA Runtime Environment(Lamp+Ubuntu14.04) to build a Joomla basic management platform. This image includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, and other necessary components.

Steps

Go to the instance creation page and use a Marketplace image to deploy Joomla. The instance must meet the following requirements (for more information about other configurations, see Create an instance):
- Billing method: If you need an ICP filing for your website, select Subscription.
- Image: Select the Marketplace image JOOMLA Runtime Environment(Lamp+Ubuntu14.04).
- Public IP: Select Assign Public IPv4 Address.
- Security group: Add an inbound rule that allows traffic on ports 22, 80, and 3306.
The instance takes 3 to 5 minutes to start.
Configure Joomla.
1. Enter http:// in your browser's address bar to open the Joomla initialization page.
2. Set the language, site name, administrator username, and password.
  
  Specify Your E-mail and a Meta Description. Ensure that the Confirm Admin Password value matches the administrator password, set Site Offline to No, and then click Next.
3. Click Next to configure the MySQL database.
  
  The default database username is root, and the initial password is 10idccom.
  
  On the Database Configuration page, select MySQLi for Database Type, enter localhost for Host Name, enter a Database Name, keep the automatically generated prefix such as kegu4_ for Table Prefix, and select Backup for Old Database Process.
4. Click Next, verify the configuration, and then click Install.
  
  The installation is complete when the message "Congratulations! Joomla! is now installed." appears at the top of the page. You can then click Extra steps: Install languages to install additional language packs, which requires an internet connection.
5. Delete the installation directory.
  1. Log on to the ECS instance. For more information, see Log on to a Linux instance by using Workbench.
  2. Run the following commands to delete the installation directory:
```
cd /var/www/html
rm -rf installation/
```
    Joomla is now deployed.
Access the Joomla frontend and backend.
- Access the frontend: http://.
  
  The default Joomla home page appears. The content area on the left is empty, and the Main Menu and Login Form modules appear on the right. This confirms a successful installation.
- Access the backend: http:///administrator.
  
  Enter the administrator username and password that you set in Step 2.b.
  
  After you log on, the Control Panel page appears. This confirms that Joomla is installed and accessible.

Next steps

Register a domain name.

For more information, see Domain name registration.
Complete the ICP filing.

If your domain name points to a website hosted on an Alibaba Cloud server in the Chinese mainland, you must apply for an ICP filing. For more information, see the ICP filing process.
Resolve the domain name.

Point the domain name to the public IP address of the instance.

Domain name resolution is required to access your website using a domain name. For more information, see Public authoritative DNS resolution.