Installation Guide

This guide will walk you through the complete installation process of SLAED CMS.

System Requirements

Before starting, ensure your server meets the system requirements:

Minimum Requirements

• PHP: 8.0+ with extensions: mysqli, gd, zip, mbstring, json, curl
• Database: MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• Web Server: Apache 2.4+ with mod_rewrite OR Nginx 1.14+
• Memory: 128MB RAM for PHP
• Disk Space: 50MB

Recommended Setup

• PHP: 8.1+ with OPcache enabled
• Database: MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.6+
• Memory: 256MB+ RAM for PHP
• Storage: SSD storage
• SSL: SSL certificate for HTTPS

Download and Extract

Download the latest release from GitHub and extract to your web server directory:

# Download
wget https://github.com/your-repo/slaed-cms/archive/main.zip

# Extract
unzip main.zip -d /var/www/html/
cd /var/www/html/slaed-cms-main/

Database Setup

Create a database and user for SLAED CMS:

CREATE DATABASE slaed_cms CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'slaed_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_secure_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON slaed_cms.* TO 'slaed_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Configuration

Edit the configuration file:

cp config/config_db.php.example config/config_db.php

Configure database settings in config/config_db.php:

<?php
if (!defined('FUNC_FILE')) die('Illegal file access');

$confdb = array();
$confdb['host'] = "localhost";              // Database host
$confdb['uname'] = "slaed_user";            // Database username
$confdb['pass'] = "your_secure_password";   // Database password
$confdb['name'] = "slaed_cms";              // Database name
$confdb['type'] = "mysqli";                 // Database type
$confdb['engine'] = "InnoDB";               // Storage engine
$confdb['charset'] = "utf8mb4";             // Character set
$confdb['collate'] = "utf8mb4_unicode_ci";  // Collation
$confdb['prefix'] = "slaed";                // Table prefix
$confdb['sync'] = "0";                      // Time sync
$confdb['mode'] = "0";                      // Strict mode

$prefix = "slaed";                          // Table prefix (duplicate)
$admin_file = "admin";                      // Admin file name
?>

File Permissions

Set correct file permissions:

# Basic permissions
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

# Writable directories
chmod -R 777 config/
chmod -R 777 uploads/
chmod -R 777 storage/

# Secure configuration
chmod 600 config/config_db.php

Run Installation Wizard

Open your web browser and navigate to: http://yoursite.com/setup.php

Follow the installation wizard steps:

1. System Check - Verify PHP version and extensions
2. Database Setup - Confirm database settings
3. Administrator Account - Create admin username and password
4. Basic Configuration - Site name and description
5. Completion - Remove installation files

Web Server Configuration

Apache Configuration

Create or update .htaccess file:

# Security settings
Options -Indexes -ExecCGI
ServerSignature Off

# Protect sensitive files
<FilesMatch "\.(conf|log|ini|sql|php~|bak)$">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

# Protect config directory
<Files "*.php">
    <RequireAll>
        Require all denied
        Require local
    </RequireAll>
</Files>

# URL Rewriting for SEO
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?go=$1 [QSA,L]

# Security headers
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
    Header always set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
    Header always set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
</IfModule>