Wondering how to install Kohana on Linux? Take a peek at this blog.

Here at Bobcares, we have seen several such Linux related queries as part of our Server Management Services for web hosts and online service providers.

Today we’ll see how to install Kohana on Linux.

Know more about Kohana

Kohana is a web application development framework.

Also, it is a light framework that consists of many files that are scattered across carefully structured directories. In the end, these directories are transferred to the production server and used to run the web application.

Moreover, it offers many features that include:

• Getting started with Kohana and setting up is easy.
• Also, it comes with commonly required additional tools or modules.
• Additionally, it offers the possibility to simply expand the defaults.
• You can build commercial applications with its BSD licensing and so on.

Download and Install the Kohana Framework on Linux

Now let’s take a look at how our Support Engineers install Kohana.

1. First, install the repositories. For that, run the below commands.

$ sudo yum install epel-release yum-utils -y
$ sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm -y

2. Next, enable the repository.

$ sudo yum-config-manager –enable remi-php70

3. Then install the packages.

$ sudo yum install php php-common php-opcache php-fpm php-zip php-mcrypt php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysqlnd php-intl httpd* elinks -y

4. Add the parameter in the php.ini file.

$ vi /etc/php.ini
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

5. Now download the software.

$ cd /var/www/html
$ wget https://github.com/kohana/kohana/releases/download/v3.3.1/kohana-v3.3.1.zip

6. Then unzip the file and move to the opt folder

$ unzip kohana-v3.3.1.zip
$ mv kohana-v3.3.1.zip /opt/

After this, the installation will be accessible from the WWW.

http://localhost
or
http://ip

Getting Started with Kohana Installation on Linux

1. First, run the below to edit the bootstrapping file using the nano text editor.

$ nano application/bootstrap.php

2. Next, run the below to edit the timezone, set the locale, and to set the base application directory location.

# Find date_default_timezone_set and set your timezone
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

# Find setlocale and set your locale
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_UK.utf-8');

# Find base_url and set the base application directory
# Relative to the base Apache directory (i.e. /var/www/my_app)

Kohana::init(array(
'base_url' => '/',
));

3. Now, enable the modules.

# Find Kohana::modules and uncomment them

Kohana::modules(array(
'auth' => MODPATH.'auth', // Basic authentication
'cache' => MODPATH.'cache', // Caching with multiple backends
'codebench' => MODPATH.'codebench', // Benchmarking tool
'database' => MODPATH.'database', // Database access
'image' => MODPATH.'image', // Image manipulation
'orm' => MODPATH.'orm', // Object Relationship Mapping
'oauth' => MODPATH.'oauth', // OAuth authentication
'pagination' => MODPATH.'pagination', // Paging of results
'unittest' => MODPATH.'unittest', // Unit testing
'userguide' => MODPATH.'userguide', // User guide and API documentation
));

4. Save the file and exit it by pressing CTRL+X and confirm with Y.

5. Now set the permissions of two of its folders so that it is writable.

$ sudo chmod -R a+rwx application/cache
$ sudo chmod -R a+rwx application/logs

6. Finally, enable and start service

$ sudo systemctl enable httpd
$ sudo systemctl start httpd

Finalizing Everything and Testing

After bootstrapping the setup and configuring folder permissions, now we can test it by accessing the application in a web browser.

http://localhost
or
http://ip

Finally, after confirming everything is set correctly and working fine, you can remove the install.php file by running the below command.

$ rm -v install.php

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Conclusion

In today’s writeup, we saw how our Support Engineers install Kohana on Linux.