Outline
WordPress is the most famous open-source writing for a blog framework and CMS Online. It depends on PHP and MySQL. Its highlights can be reached out with great many free modules and subjects.
In this instructional exercise we will introduce WordPress on Apache2 server and make our most memorable post.
What you'll realize
Instructions to set up WordPress
Instructions to arrange WordPress
Instructions to make first post
What you'll require
A PC running Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
This guide will likewise tell you the best way to design a data set for WordPress
Prerequirement
1 Fresh Installation of Ubuntu20.04 Server
2 Apache server
3 Mysql/MariaDB/PostgreSql
4 Php
The Above requirements are also known as LAMP Services
Steps to Install wordpress on Ubuntu 20.04 Server
Step 1: Update and Upgrade Repositories
sudo apt update && upgrade -y
Step 2: Enable root login
sudo sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Step 3: Restart ssh
sudo systemctl restart ssh
Step 4: Set password for root login, by default root password is not set
sudo passwd
Step 5: Login using root credentials
ssh root@ip-address
After login using root user, continue the steps below
Step 6: Install apache & libapache2-mod-php module
apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php -y
Step 7: Install ghostscript
apt install ghostscript -y
Step 8: Install PHP and related php packages
apt install php php-bcmath php-curl php-imagick php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml php-zip -y
Step 9: Install Mysql Server
apt install mysql-server -y
After Installation, the following steps, we can start installing wordpress
Step 10: Creation Directory, changing the ownership and download the wordpress from the link
Creating the directory
mkdir -p /srv/www
changing the ownership of the folder
chown www-data: /srv/www
downloading the workpress data from the link and putting it into the created folder
curl https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz | sudo -u www-data tar zx -C /srv/www
You can see/verify the downloaded file by
ls -l /srv/www
ls -l /srv/www/wordpress
Step 11 : Configuration Apache file for Wordpress
Create the Apache file, by
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf
or
vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf
After creating the file, then add the lines below into the create file
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /srv/www/wordpress
<Directory /srv/www/wordpress>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo
DirectoryIndex index.php
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /srv/www/wordpress/wp-content>
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Step 12 : Enable wordpress, redirect rule and disable the default webpage
copy the commands and paste in terminal
a2ensite wordpress
a2enmod rewrite
a2dissite 000-default
After that we need to restart the Apache server
systemctl reload apache2
To see, what it has done after we reload Apache, use the beloe command
ls -la /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
Step 13:Now we have to create Sql database for Wordpress
login into sql using root previliges
mysql -u root
Create wordpress database
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
Create user in the local machine for wordpress and password to secure
CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<your-password>';
Note: Change <your-password> with your password
Then to grant privilages like select,insert,update etc
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;
Next to refresh/reload every thing we done
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Then,
quit
Step 14: Now we have to connect the databade with wordpress to configure
sudo -u www-data cp /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php
Now execute the below commands to connect database with wordpress
sudo -u www-data sed -i 's/database_name_here/wordpress/' /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php
sudo -u www-data sed -i 's/username_here/wordpress/' /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php
sudo -u www-data sed -i 's/password_here/<your-password>/' /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php
Note: change <your-password>, to the password given in the mysql database
Step 15: Chaning few lines
copy the link and open in the browser
https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/
copy the content from the website, and the open the file
sudo -u www-data nano /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php
replace the following lines and replace with the content copied from thw website
define( 'AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'NONCE_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'NONCE_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );
save and exit
Step 16: Open Browser and the enter the ip-address of the system
Enter the Ip-address of the system, then it will pop-up like below
Click on next,
Enter the details like site Title, username, etc and Click on Install Wordpress. After that login into the wordpress
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