How to Install Serendipity blog on CentOS 5.5

Serendipity is a PHP blog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain an online diary, weblog or even a complete homepage. It is very simple application and very easy to install. In this post, i will guide you on how to install the serendipity on CentOS 5.5 with apache, mysql and php installed.

Steps :
1. Download the package.

    [root@server www]# pwd
    /var/www
    [root@server www]# wget http://cdnetworks-kr-2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/php-blog/serendipity/1.5.5/serendipity-1.5.5.tar.gz
    

2. Extract the tar file

    [root@server www]# tar xzvf serendipity-1.5.5.tar.gz
    

3. Create the database as below

    mysql> CREATE DATABASE serdb;
    mysql> CREATE USER 'seruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'serpassword';
    mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON serdb.* to seruser@localhost ;
    mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'seruser'@'localhost';
    

Database type : MySQL
Database host : localhost
Database user : seruser
Database password : serpassword
Database name : serdb

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4. Run the installation wizard as below.
http://yourdomain.com/serendipity/index.php.
Serendipity

5. Proceed to the installation wizard until below page.
Serendipity

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