Joomla

Deploy Joomla, an open source PHP-based content management system for building and managing dynamic websites.

1. Deploy Joomla

Estimated deployment time: 5–10 minutes

Follow the deployment instructions from the Get started section to configure the app, deploy it, and verify software installation.

For information on the app-specific configurations, see the Configuration options section.

Base distribution and plan

Supported distribution: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Recommended plans: All plan types and sizes can be used.

Configuration options

Configure the required options to deploy your instance. For additional customization, add advanced options.

The table maps the Cloud Manager UI fields to their corresponding API/CLI keys (stackscript_data) required for automated deployments.

StackScript ID: 985372

UI field	API/CLI key	Description
Required options
Email address (for the Let's Encrypt SSL certificate)	`soa_email_address`	Your email address to use for generating the SSL certificate.
Joomla site title	`site_name`	The title for your Joomla website.
Joomla admin email	`admin_email`	The email address used for the Joomla administrator account, including password resets. Can be the same as the email used for SSL certificates.
Limited sudo user	`user_name`	Your preferred username for the limited sudo user entered without any capital letters, spaces, or special characters. When adding a limited sudo user, the user is created with a strong generated password for your new Linode instance, and the account is assigned to the `sudo` group, which provides elevated permissions when running commands with the `sudo` prefix. Note: For easier and more secure access with the sudo user, add an account SSH key for the Cloud Manager user during deployment and select that user as an `authorized_user`. Their SSH pubkey will be assigned to both the root and limited user.
Advanced options
Joomla admin display name	`joomla_admin_fullname`	The display name shown for the Joomla administrator account, shown in the admin dashboard. Defaults to Site Administrator.
Joomla database username	`joomla_db_user`	The Joomla username used to connect to its database. Defaults to joomla.
Joomla database name	`joomla_db_name`	The database name used for your Joomla site. Defaults to joomla_db.
Disable root access over SSH	`disable_root`	Applies to a limited sudo user. To block the root user from logging in over SSH, select Yes. Defaults to No. Note: When you disable the root user from logging in over SSH and don't provide a valid Account SSH Key assigned to the `authorized_user`, you can still switch to the root user. To do that, log in as root via the Lish console and run `cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials` to view the generated password for the limited sudo user.
Linode API token	`token_password`	Applies to a custom domain. The Linode API token if you want to use Linode’s DNS Manager to manage DNS records for your custom domain. Follow Manage personal access tokens to get your token on your account with `Read/Write` access to `Domains`. If you provide the token along with the subdomain and domain, the installation attempts to create DNS records via the Linode API. If you don't provide the token, you need to manually configure your DNS records through your DNS provider and point them to the IP address of the new instance.
Subdomain	`subdomain`	Applies to a custom domain. The subdomain you want to use, like `blog` for `blog.example.com`. Use it only if you specify a Domain.
Domain	`domain`	Applies to a custom domain. The domain name you want to use, like `example.com`. Use it only if you specify a Linode API token.
Optional data exporter add-ons	`add_ons`	An option to include add-ons for your deployment. Possible values are: none (default) newrelic node_exporter mysqld_exporter opentelemetry_collector alloy

Notes:

After the app deployment completes, the password for your limited sudo user is generated and stored in the /home/$USERNAME/.credentials file, along with application-specific passwords. Log in to your instance as root through the Lish console or SSH, then run cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials to view the password.

You can automatically configure a custom domain (optional) during deployment. To do that:

Configure your domain to use Linode’s name servers via your registrar. See Configure your domain's authoritative name servers for details.

Once you complete that, specify the Linode API token, subdomain, and domain for the app in Cloud Manager or via API/CLI/Terraform.

Use API, CLI, or Terraform

In addition to deploying the app to a new Linode instance via Cloud Manager, you can also use the Linode API, CLI, or Terraform. When running the operation, you need to provide the StackScript ID, supported Linux distribution, and app-specific fields along with the standard Linode deployment configurations.

Note: Generate a personal access token to authenticate your API, CLI, or Terraform requests.

curl --location 'https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/instances' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer abc123def456hij789klm' \
    --data-raw '{
        "region": "us-east",
        "type": "g6-standard-2",
        "image": "linode/ubuntu24.04",
        "label": "my-joomla-one-click-app",
        "root_pass": "@C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd",
        "stackscript_id": 985372,
        "stackscript_data": {
            "soa_email_address":"jsmith@example.com",
            "site_name":"My Site",
            "admin_email":"admin@example.com",
            "user_name":"jsmith"
        }
    }'

linode-cli linodes create \
    --region us-east \
    --type g6-standard-2 \
    --label my-joomla-one-click-app \
    --image linode/ubuntu24.04 \
    --root_pass @C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd \
    --stackscript_id 985372 \
    --stackscript_data '{"soa_email_address":"jsmith@example.com", "site_name":"My Site", "admin_email":"admin@example.com", "user_name":"jsmith"}'

resource "linode_instance" "my-linode" {
    region         = "us-east"
    type           = "g6-standard-2"
    label          = "my-joomla-one-click-app"
    image          = "linode/ubuntu24.04"
    root_pass      = "@C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd"
    stackscript_id = 985372
    stackscript_data = {
        "soa_email_address" = "jsmith@example.com"
        "site_name"         = "My Site"
        "admin_email"       = "admin@example.com"
        "user_name"         = "jsmith"
    }
}

2. Access Joomla

After deployment, complete the first-time setup in the browser and then log in to the Joomla admin area.

Access and configure your Joomla site

Open your web browser and navigate to the custom domain you entered during deployment or your Linode instance’s rDNS domain, such as 192-0-2-1.ip.linodeusercontent.com. You can also use the instance’s IPv4 address, though the connection will not be encrypted. See Manage IP addresses on a Linode for details on viewing IP addresses and rDNS.
On the Joomla installation page, choose your language and enter a site name. Then click Setup Login Data.
Create the Joomla Super User account by entering the real name, username, password, and email address. Then click Setup Database Connection.
On the Database Configuration page, leave the default values within fields that are already populated. Use the joomla username and password created during deployment, then click Install Joomla.
Once the installation completes, click Open Site to view the website or Open Administrator to access the site's admin panel.

Access the Joomla admin dashboard

Open your browser and navigate to your custom domain appending administrator to the URL: https://[domain]/administrator. Replace [domain] with your custom domain.
Enter Super User username and password you created when setting up Joomla for the first time. Then click Log in.
Once you're on the administration dashboard, you can create content, manage users, adjust templates, and more.

Additional resources

For more information about the installed packages, see the official documentation.

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