Getting setup

Getting the distribution

First of all you will need to download the zip or tar.gz for the latest release of the distribution from here: https://github.com/miggle/ccg_kickstart_distro/releases

Once you have got the latest release on your web server extract the archive to /var/www/site.

Once you have the distribution files in /var/www/site, navigate to your domain name in a web browser and you should get the CCG Kickstart install page.

Setting up clean URLs

You will need to enable clean URLs by enabling the Apache rewrite module.

Depending on your setup you can either do this through a UI which some hosting providers offer or ssh in through the command-line.

If taking the command-line approach run sudo a2enmod rewrite followed by sudo service apache2 restart.

Getting files setup for the install

Before moving on you will need to do two things:

• The first is to copy the default.settings.php file in /var/www/site/docroot/sites/default/ to settings.php in the same directory. You will also need to ensure that this file is writable by the web server (usually the www-data user).
• The second is that you need to create a sites/default/files directory which also needs to be writable by the web server.

For more of an in-depth guide around permissions in setting the settings.php and files directory up see here. One thing to note is that even though the reference is for Drupal 7 and the site your installing is a Drupal 8 site the way settings.php and the file directory work are the same.

Setting up your site's database

Now you want to navigate to your install of phpMyAdmin from your web browser and login with the details you added when you first installed phpMyAdmin.

Once you are in phpMyAdmin click on Databases in the top tab menu in the view-port in the right-hand section. Now once the page has loaded enter the name of your new database and click create.

You will need to remember the name you have given your database for when you go to install the site.

Now navigate back to your domain and you're ready to install your site.