sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo useradd -m anchor
sudo usermod -aG sudo anchor
sudo passwd anchor
su - anchor

# Install apache2, mariadb for mysql, composer, and software properties common

sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server software-properties-common composer
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update

# Install gcc, make, autoconf, libc-dev, pkg-config for php7.2-dev 

sudo apt install gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-config
sudo apt install php7.2-dev

# Install mcrypt library

sudo apt install libmcrypt-dev

# Install mcrypt

sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1

# Install the rest of the php dependencies

sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-mysql php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-curl php7.2-zip  php7.2-mbstring

sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php-ini

memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 200M
max_execution_time = 360

sudo mysql_secure_installation

mysql -u root -p

# Tell mariadb to use mysql

use mysql;

# Create a database

create database ancms_db;

# Create a database user

create user anc_mana;

# Grant privileges to our user

grant all privileges on ancms_db.* to 'anc_mana'@'localhost' identified by 'your-password';

# Flush the privileges

flush privileges;

# Exit mariadb

quit;

# Navigate to www/html

cd /var/www/html

# chown this folder and its contents to the current user

sudo chown -Rv www-data:$USER .

# set proper permissions for the current user

sudo chmod -Rv g+rw .

# Use composer to create our anchorcms

composer create-project anchorcms/anchor-cms

# Move our finished project

sudo mv anchor-cms anchor

Once this is complete, we'll reset the permissions so that apache can operate normally:

# Now let's reset our permissions for apache

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/anchor/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/anchor/

# Create our apache2 anchor site config file

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/anchor.conf

# Insert these lines into the new file

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin [email protected]
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/anchor
     ServerName example.com

     <Directory /var/www/html/anchor/>
          Options FollowSymlinks
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
     </Directory>

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anchor_error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anchor_access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Lastly we need to enable the site, enable apache's rewrite module, and restart apache:

sudo a2ensite anchor
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2