Set-up a site, database, and a container

• Your First Site on Stackable

Download and upload the Joomla files

Using an SFTP client

1. Download and extract the files from http://www.joomla.org/download.html.
2. Login to a container using an SFTP client.
   • Connecting to a container using SFTP
3. Upload the Joomla files to the directory that will be used for joomla. For example:
   • /doc_root/joomla/ will install Joomla to mystackable.com/joomla
   • /doc_root/ will install joomla to mystackable.com/

Using command line

1. SSH to your container.
   • Connect to your container via SSH
2. Download the Joomla files.
   

wget http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/14659/64120/Joomla_1.6.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip

3. Extract the Joomla files to the directory that will be used for Joomla. For example:
   • /doc_root/joomla/ will install Joomla to mystackable.com/joomla
   • /doc_root/ will install joomla to mystackable.com/

unzip Joomla_1.6.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip -d ~/sites/www.mystackable.com_env1/doc_root/

Run the Joomla Install

1. In a web browser visit the URL that Joomla was installed to, like:
   • mystackable.com/joomla or mystackable.com
2. Choose the language and click next.
3. Verify that pre-installation check passes and click next.
   
4. Click next to accept the Joomla license.
5. Enter the database information and click next
   

   This information can be found on the Stackable panel.
6. Stackable does not use FTP for security reasons so just click next.
7. Enter the site name and desired admin pasword then click next.
8. Remove the installation directory.
   • If using the SFTP method, delete the fodler using your client.
   • If using the command line method, run this command:

rm -R ~/sites/www.mystackable.com_env1/doc_root/installation/

503 Errors

Occasionally a newly installed Joomla site will give 503 erros. This is a problem caused by the .htacces that Joomla creates. The 503 Errors article explains how to fix this.

Congratulations!

Joomlas is now installed!