grav Installation Guide Installation Guide

grav is a free and open-source flat-file CMS. Grav provides fast, simple, flexible file-based CMS

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 256MB minimum

Storage: 500MB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80 (default grav port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install grav
sudo dnf install -y grav

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now grav

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install grav
sudo apt install -y grav

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now grav

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Install grav
sudo pacman -S grav

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now grav

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Install grav
apk add --no-cache grav

# Enable and start service
rc-update add grav default
rc-service grav start

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Install grav
sudo zypper install -y grav

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now grav

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install grav

# Start service
brew services start grav

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install grav

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'grav_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service grav start

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install grav

# Or using Scoop
scoop install grav

# Verify installation
grav --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/grav

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
grav --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable grav

# Start service
sudo systemctl start grav

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop grav

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart grav

# Check status
sudo systemctl status grav

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u grav -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add grav default

# Start service
rc-service grav start

# Stop service
rc-service grav stop

# Restart service
rc-service grav restart

# Check status
rc-service grav status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'grav_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service grav start

# Stop service
service grav stop

# Restart service
service grav restart

# Check status
service grav status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start grav
brew services stop grav
brew services restart grav

# Check status
brew services list | grep grav

powershell

# Start service
net start grav

# Stop service
net stop grav

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service grav
Stop-Service grav
Restart-Service grav

# Check status
Get-Service grav

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream grav_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name grav.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name grav.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/grav.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/grav.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://grav_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName grav.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://grav.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName grav.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/grav.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/grav.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend grav_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/grav.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend grav_backend

backend grav_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server grav1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R grav:grav /etc/grav
sudo chmod 750 /etc/grav

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status grav

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u grav -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep grav)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/grav"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/grav-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/grav /var/lib/grav

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/grav-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop grav

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/grav/grav-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start grav

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u grav -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/grav/grav.log

# Check configuration
grav --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/grav

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep grav)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep grav)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  grav:
    image: grav:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/grav
      - ./data:/var/lib/grav
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update grav

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade grav

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu grav

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade grav

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update grav

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade grav

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/grav-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/grav

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart grav

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/grav

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/grav -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/grav

Official Documentation: https://docs.grav.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/grav/grav

Community Forum: https://forum.grav.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.grav.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

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