Tag: Web Server

Here are the steps I use when setting up WordPress on new Ubuntu server.

1. Log into the console and grab a root shell
   Note: I don’t like typing sudo in front of every command

   $ sudo bash

2. Install an ssh server to make remote management easy

   # apt-get install openssh-server

3. Install a LAMP stack
   Note: You will need to remember the root password you setup for MySQL

   # apt-get install lamp-server^

4. Download the latest wordpress

   # wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

5. Extract the archive file

   # tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

6. Make a folder to hold the wordpress install

   # mkdir /var/www/wordpress

7. Move all the WordPress files to folder you created

   # cp -r ~/wordpress/* /var/www/wordpress

8. Create a mysql user account and database for wordpress. 
   Note: Will need the root password created when installing the lamp stack

   # mysql -u root -p

9. Create now a new database for wordpress 
   Note: Replace WordPress with any name of your choice

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE WordPress;

10. Add now a new mysql user for wordpress
    Note: Replace “username” with any name of your choice

    mysql> CREATE USER username;

11. Assign a password to the wordpress mysql user
    Note: Replace “abcd” with your own password

    mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'username' = PASSWORD('abcd');

12. Grant the wordpress user all privileges for the wordpress database

    mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON WordPress.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'abcd';

13. After setting up the database and user, exit MySQL

    mysql> exit;

14. Create a WordPress configuration file by copying the template
    Note: If you installed in another directory, then correct the given path to your own.

    # cp /var/www/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

15. Edit the WordPress configuration (wp-config.php) so it contains your MySQL information
    Note: I use nano for all text editing, but feel free to use whatever tickles your fancy

    # nano /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

16. Insert now your MySQL settings you have just created by replacing:
    • database_name_here   —> with the database name you have created. For this tutorial, it’s named “WordPress”
    • username_here  —> with the MySQL user you have created earlier
    • password_here  —> with the password you assigned to the MySQL user

    Note: After editing is complete, exit nano by a ctrl-x, then y to save

17. Create an Apache config for the WordPress site by copying the default

    # cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress

18. Open the config you copied to edit it

    # nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress

19. Edit the wordpress config as follows:
    • Change the DocumentRoot and Directory to /var/www/wordpress
    • Edit the “AllowOverride” options to say All instead of None

     

20. Disable the default apache config, enable the WordPress apache config, and enable the rewrite module

    # a2dissite default && a2ensite wordpress && a2emod rewrite

21. Create a .htaccess to hold the wordpress rewrite rules

    # touch /var/www/wordpress/.htaccess

22. Give the apache service rights to the folder and allow editing of the .htaccess file

    # chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress/
    # chmod -v 664 /var/www/wordpress/.htaccess

23. Restart apache to reload settings

    # apachectl restart

Finished.