Ready-to-use server
Concrete CMS
Next generation Content Management System
- Automatic security updatesDebian support through June 2030
- You're in controlRun on your hardware or in the cloud.
- Free and open sourceUse, inspect and customize the code.
Your server. Your choice.
Run Concrete CMS on AWS
Choose where you want to manage it.
Via TurnKey Hub
The smoothest way to run a TurnKey server.
- Connect your AWS account securelyLink it to the Hub using an AWS IAM role.
- HTTPS ready from the startTrusted certificates for your web and admin interfaces, set up and renewed automatically.
- Manage everything in one placeA focused dashboard for your TurnKey servers, backups and domains.
Sign in using the SSH key or passwords you set on the Hub launch page.
Via AWS Marketplace
Keep server management inside AWS.
- Launch from your AWS accountSubscribe to the listing and choose your instance.
- Manage directly in AWSControl your instance in AWS. Configure trusted HTTPS certificates after launch.
- Get TurnKey services includedStandard support, backup and migration, with software charges on your AWS bill.
SSH in as admin ↗ with your EC2 key. Setup starts automatically.
Concrete CMS screenshots
Concrete CMS makes it easy for anyone to run a website with minimal technical skills. Go to any page in your site, and a editing toolbar gives you all the controls you need to update your website. No intimidating manuals, no complicated administration interfaces - just point and click.
This server includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core, and on top of that:
Concrete CMS configurations:
Installed from the integrity-pinned official release archive to /var/www/concrete/public.
Security note: Updates to Concrete CMS may require supervision so they ARE NOT configured to install automatically. See Concrete CMS documentation for upgrading.
Includes concrete (cli) and composer for command line administration, configuration and development. Also includes relevant wrapper scripts; turnkey-concrete, turnkey-composer (run the relevant command, but as www-data user).
Runs the Concrete CMS scheduler every minute so tasks scheduled in the dashboard can start on time.
SSL support out of the box.
Adminer administration frontend for MySQL (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL).
Postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email (e.g., password recovery).
Webmin modules for configuring Apache2, PHP, MySQL and Postfix.
Credentials (passwords set at first boot)
Webmin, SSH, MySQL: username root
Adminer: username adminer
Concrete CMS: username admin
Run from browser
V 19.0
V 18.0
GitHub
Usage details & Logging in for Administration
No default passwords: For security reasons there are no default passwords. All passwords are set at system initialization time.
Ignore SSL browser warning: browsers don't like self-signed SSL certificates, but this is the only kind that can be generated automatically. If you have a domain configured, then via Confconsole Advanced menu, you can generate free Let's Encypt SSL/TLS certificates.
Web - point your browser at either:
- http://12.34.56.789/ - not encrypted so no browser warning
- https://12.34.56.789/ - encrypted with self-signed SSL certificate
Note: some servers redirect HTTP to HTTPS automatically.
Username for adminer:
Login as username adminer
Username for concrete-cms:
Login as username admin
Username for database administration:
- Adminer; login as MySQL username adminer:
https://12.34.56.789:12322/ - Adminer database management web app
- MySQL command line tool; log in as root (no password required):
$ mysql --user root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql>
Username for OS system administration:
Login as root except on AWS marketplace which uses username admin.
- Point your browser to:
- https://12.34.56.789:12321/ - System control panel
- https://12.34.56.789:12320/ - Web based command line terminal
- Login with SSH client:
ssh root@12.34.56.789
Special case for AWS marketplace:
ssh admin@12.34.56.789
* Replace 12.34.56.789 with a valid IP or hostname.