In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Directus CMS on an Ubuntu 16.04 Cloud with MariaDB, PHP-FPM and Nginx. Directus is an open-source, self-hosted headless CMS that manages your content (not your workflow) written in Backbone.js providing a feature-rich environment for rapid development and management of custom database schemas. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an Ubuntu 16.04 Cloud.