Answers.Body: <p>Someone with more CentOS experience will probably want to chime in—like you I'm more familiar with Debian/Ubuntu—but I can't imagine it wouldn't work, assuming you configure SELinux correctly and you're <a href="https://community.webfaction.com/questions/15849/craft-cms-needs-mysql-510-or-higher-to-run" rel="nofollow noreferrer">using</a> at least CentOS 6, preferably the latest.</p>
  
  <p>Basically, SELinux is an kernel level gatekeeper, preventing or allowing certain processes from reading/writing to parts of the file system. </p>
  
  <p>In terms of how that affects Craft, you'll need to make sure it knows that Apache/PHP is allowed to write to <code>/craft/app</code>, <code>craft/config</code> and <code>craft/storage</code> and whatever upload directories you have setup.</p>
  
  <p>Just perusing the SELinux docs and problems people have had with Yii and WordPress, assuming your Craft install is at <code>/var/www/craft/</code> running something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cd /var/www/craft/
  chcon -R -v -t public_content_rw_t app/ config/ storage/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>... should open up the permissions. There's more to it than that obviously. </p>
  
  <p>If you run PHP as an <a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=288728" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FPM pool/CGI</a>, as I do, that's <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/596790/selinux-label-for-php-fpm-sockets">going to affect permissions</a> as well.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://edvoncken.net/2010/06/configuring-selinux-for-wordpress/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This article</a> is based around setting up permissions for WordPress but it's still applicable for Craft.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: We are running Craft on CentOS 6 and 7 without issues, you only have to get a newer version of PHP (than the one available from the default repos) from EPEL or Webtatic. I think CentOS 7 defaults to 5.4 which might be too old for Craft 3. No experience with SELinux though.
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Answers.Text: @megatrond: Thanks for that!  Craft 3 is going to require PHP 5.4 (http://buildwithcraft.com/3/docs/installing-and-updating) so you're right, if this is a new box, you might as well head straight to the latest version. Another hurdle there is it looks like CentOS 7 officially comes with MariaDB instead of MySQL unless you use another repo to get it.
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Answers.Text: We're using the default MariaDB without issues.
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Answers.Text: I have been doing a related project with CentOS and SELinux and I am starting to like the addition MAC along with the DAC, but, I just didn't want to jump into something that will cause me a problem.  I may run both systems for a bit and see if I can get Craft fully running in the more secure environment. Thanks!
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Body: <p>Seriously considering installing Craft on CentOS w/SELinux.  I currently have it running on Ubuntu.  Anyone have any problems with that type of install?</p>
  
  <p>thanks,</p>
  
  <p>Chip</p>
  
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Title: Any problems installing Craft on CentOS with SELinux enabled?
ThreadText: # Any problems installing Craft on CentOS with SELinux enabled?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-13)
  
  Seriously considering installing Craft on CentOS w/SELinux. I currently have it running on Ubuntu. Anyone have any problems with that type of install?
  
  thanks,
  
  username_0
  
  **Tags:** install
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Someone with more CentOS experience will probably want to chime in—like you I'm more familiar with Debian/Ubuntu—but I can't imagine it wouldn't work, assuming you configure SELinux correctly and you're [using](https://community.webfaction.com/questions/15849/craft-cms-needs-mysql-510-or-higher-to-run) at least CentOS 6, preferably the latest.
  
  Basically, SELinux is an kernel level gatekeeper, preventing or allowing certain processes from reading/writing to parts of the file system.
  
  In terms of how that affects Craft, you'll need to make sure it knows that Apache/PHP is allowed to write to `/craft/app`, `craft/config` and `craft/storage` and whatever upload directories you have setup.
  
  Just perusing the SELinux docs and problems people have had with Yii and WordPress, assuming your Craft install is at `/var/www/craft/` running something like:
  
  ```
  cd /var/www/craft/
  chcon -R -v -t public_content_rw_t app/ config/ storage/
  
  ```
  
  ... should open up the permissions. There's more to it than that obviously.
  
  If you run PHP as an [FPM pool/CGI](http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=288728), as I do, that's [going to affect permissions](https://serverfault.com/questions/596790/selinux-label-for-php-fpm-sockets) as well.
  
  [This article](http://edvoncken.net/2010/06/configuring-selinux-for-wordpress/) is based around setting up permissions for WordPress but it's still applicable for Craft.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: We are running Craft on CentOS 6 and 7 without issues, you only have to get a newer version of PHP (than the one available from the default repos) from EPEL or Webtatic. I think CentOS 7 defaults to 5.4 which might be too old for Craft 3. No experience with SELinux though.  
  > **username_1**: @username_2: Thanks for that!  Craft 3 is going to require PHP 5.4 (http://buildwithcraft.com/3/docs/installing-and-updating) so you're right, if this is a new box, you might as well head straight to the latest version. Another hurdle there is it looks like CentOS 7 officially comes with MariaDB instead of MySQL unless you use another repo to get it.  
  > **username_2**: We're using the default MariaDB without issues.  
  > **username_0**: I have been doing a related project with CentOS and SELinux and I am starting to like the addition MAC along with the DAC, but, I just didn't want to jump into something that will cause me a problem.  I may run both systems for a bit and see if I can get Craft fully running in the more secure environment. Thanks!  
  > **username_1**: Glad to hear it's working out!  
  
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